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English noun: optic axis | |||
| 1. | optic axis (cognition) in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs | ||
| Samples | A crystal may have either one or two optic axes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | axis | ||
| 2. | optic axis (cognition) a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted | ||
| Samples | In a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly. | ||
| Synonyms | principal axis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | axis | ||
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