Optic Axis
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted
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Senses
Wordset Dictionary
in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- principal axis
- plural
- Optic Axes
- possessive
- Optic Axis's
- pluralpossessive
- Optic Axes'