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fold flat

fold flat noun: a fold mirror that is a "flat", i.e. a plane mirror.

Noun

fold flat (plural fold flats)

  1. A fold mirror that is a "flat", i.e. a plane mirror
    • By reflecting the incident beam off of a rotating fold flat located on the optical axis of mirror segment..., we can conveniently image a range of azimuthal positions.2007 September, Hadjimichaela et al., “An Alignment and Integration Technique for Mirror Segment Pairs on the Constellation X Telescope”, in Proceedings of SPIE, volume 6688, →DOI, retrieved 27 Dec...

Forms of fold flat

pluralfold flats

Questions about fold flat

What does fold flat mean?
Fold flat means a fold mirror that is a "flat", i.e. a plane mirror.
What part of speech is fold flat?
Fold flat is a noun.
What is the plural of fold flat?
The plural of fold flat is fold flats.

Words near fold flat in the dictionary

  1. fold boat
  2. fold boats
  3. fold down
  4. fold equities
  5. fold equity
  6. fold flat
  7. fold flats
  8. fold like a cheap suit
  9. fold like a cheap suitcase
  10. fold like a cheap tent
  11. fold like a lawn chair

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