optical equipment

  • 1optical — UK US /ˈɒptɪkəl/ adjective ► relating to light and the ability to see: »optical equipment/goods/devices »They manufacture a variety of lenses, mirrors, prisms, and other optical components. ► IT relating to the ability of a piece of electronic… …

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  • 2Optical contact bonding — is a glueless process whereby two closely conformal surfaces are joined together, being held purely by intermolecular forces. Contents 1 History 2 Explanation 3 Production of an optical contact bond 4 …

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  • 3optical storage — ▪ technology  electronic storage medium that uses low power laser beams to record and retrieve digital (binary) data. In optical storage technology, a laser beam encodes digital data onto an optical, or laser, disk in the form of tiny pits… …

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  • 4Optical — Optic Op tic ([o^]p t[i^]k), Optical Op tic*al ([o^]p t[i^]*kal), a. [F. optique, Gr. optiko s; akin to o psis sight, o pwpa I have seen, o psomai I shall see, and to o sse the two eyes, o ps face, L. oculus eye. See {Ocular}, {Eye}, and cf.… …

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  • 5Optical circle — Optic Op tic ([o^]p t[i^]k), Optical Op tic*al ([o^]p t[i^]*kal), a. [F. optique, Gr. optiko s; akin to o psis sight, o pwpa I have seen, o psomai I shall see, and to o sse the two eyes, o ps face, L. oculus eye. See {Ocular}, {Eye}, and cf.… …

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  • 6Optical square — Optic Op tic ([o^]p t[i^]k), Optical Op tic*al ([o^]p t[i^]*kal), a. [F. optique, Gr. optiko s; akin to o psis sight, o pwpa I have seen, o psomai I shall see, and to o sse the two eyes, o ps face, L. oculus eye. See {Ocular}, {Eye}, and cf.… …

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  • 7optical — op|ti|cal [ aptıkl ] adjective * connected with sight or light: optical equipment ╾ op|ti|cal|ly [ aptıkli ] adverb …

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  • 8optical */ — UK [ˈɒptɪk(ə)l] / US [ˈɑptɪk(ə)l] adjective biology connected with sight or light optical equipment Derived word: optically UK [ˈɒptɪklɪ] / US [ˈɑptɪklɪ] adverb …

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  • 9Optical Carrier transmission rates — are a standardized set of specifications of transmission bandwidth for digital signals that can be carried on Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) fiber optic networks.[1] Transmission rates are defined by rate of the bitstream of the digital… …

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  • 10Optical Carrier — levels describe a range of digital signals that can be carried on SONET fiber optic network.cite web | title = Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) | work = Web ProForums | publisher = International Engineering Consortium | url =… …

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