fresnel
fresnel noun: a unit of frequency equal to 10¹² hertz, or one terahertz.
Noun
fresnel (plural fresnels)
- A unit of frequency equal to 10¹² hertz, or one terahertz.
- A Fresnel lens or a light feature using such a lens
Proper noun capitalized: Fresnel
Fresnel (plural Fresnels)
- A surname from French, notably held by Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
fresnel meaning in Tamil
fresnel in Tamil
- ஃப்ரெனெல்
Forms of fresnel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fresnels |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fresnels |
Origin of fresnel
For Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist.
Words formed from fresnel
- Fresnel coefficient
- Fresnel equation
- Fresnel lamp
- Fresnel lantern
- Fresnel lens
- Fresnel number
- Fresnel reflection
- Fresnel rhomb
- Fresnel spot
- Fresnel zone plate
- Huygens-Fresnel principle
Phrases with fresnel
Questions about fresnel
- What does fresnel mean?
- Fresnel means a unit of frequency equal to 10¹² hertz, or one terahertz.
- What is fresnel in Tamil?
- Fresnel in Tamil is ஃப்ரெனெல். See Fresnel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is fresnel?
- Fresnel can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of fresnel?
- The plural of fresnel is fresnels.
Words near fresnel in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fresnel (page history and authors); Fresnel (page history and authors); fresnel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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