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telecentric

telecentric adjective: relating to a compound lens which has its entrance or exit pupil at infinity; in the prior case, this produces an orthographic view of the subject.

Adjective

telecentric (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a compound lens which has its entrance or exit pupil at infinity; in the prior case, this produces an orthographic view of the subject

Origin of telecentric

From tele- + -centric.

Questions about telecentric

What does telecentric mean?
Telecentric means relating to a compound lens which has its entrance or exit pupil at infinity; in the prior case, this produces an orthographic view of the subject.
What part of speech is telecentric?
Telecentric is an adjective.

Words near telecentric in the dictionary

  1. telecatalogues
  2. telecenter
  3. telecenters
  4. telecentre
  5. telecentres
  6. telecentric
  7. telecentricity
  8. telecephalon
  9. telecheck
  10. telechecks
  11. telechelic

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