light detector

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meaningsoflightanddetector

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light
adjective
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
not weighing ...
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detector
noun[C]
uk
/dɪˈtek.tər/us
/dɪˈtek.tɚ/
a device used to find particular substances or things, or measure ...
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(Definition oflightanddetectorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This result is consistent with that expected for a simplelightdetector, like a linear photodiode without temporal filtering.
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Thelightdetectoralso lets the alien know how many hours it has been exposed to light and dark.
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The aircraft was equipped with optical sensors which consisted of a video camera and alightdetector.
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Inside the cuff, the blood volume in the finger arteries is measured using a light source and alightdetector.
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The visual system is usually compared with a theoretical construct called the ideallightdetector.
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The beam hits them one by one, and alightdetectorpicks up the light that is reflected from the cells.
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Optical microscopes have refractive glass and occasionally of plastic or quartz, to focus light into the eye or anotherlightdetector.
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As to thelightdetector, its properties depend on temperature, voltage and the history of utilization (memory effect).
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Camera systems used similar spinning discs and required intensely bright illumination of the subject for thelightdetectorto work.
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The sensitivity of alightdetectorvaries according to the wavelength of the light, and the way it varies depends on the type oflightdetector.
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A nephelometer measures suspended particulates by employing a light beam (source beam) and alightdetectorset to one side (often 90) of the source beam.
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Light detectors, such as photomultipliers and channeltrons, respond to individual photons.
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A processor receiving a signal from both light detectors only records a pixel of an image when light hits both detectors at the same time.
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A slightly more complex agent has two light detectors (left and right) each stimulating a wheel on the same side of the body.
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The studies have also described an automatic laser pulse detector system with a low-cost, two-meter mirror made of carbon composite materials, focusing on an array of light detectors.
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