cone of light

collocation in English

meaningsofconeandlight

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cone
noun[C]
uk
/kəʊn/us
/koʊn/
a shape with a flat, round or oval base and a top that becomes narrower until it forms ...
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light
noun
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofconeandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The aperture causes only the central region of theconeoflightto reach the detector.
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Aconeoflightcan be seen radiating from the tip of the malleus to the periphery in the antero-inferior quadrant.
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A high-energy photon produces aconeoflightconfined to 1 of the original photon direction.
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The system consists of a circular annulus in the condenser, which produces aconeoflight.
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However, distortions in theconeoflightcan also be a sign of increased inner ear pressure or otitis media.
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Because theconeoflightfocused on the sample gives rise to different angles of incident light, there is a broad range of interference patterns.
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He s standing there in a sort ofconeoflight.
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They act to gather light from the microscope's light source and concentrate it into aconeoflightthat illuminates the specimen.
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Far away from the narrowest part of the beam, the spread is roughly linear with distance -- the laser beam forms aconeoflightin the far field.
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They are shingled in the same type of plastic that computer monitor shells are made from, attached to aconeoflightgauge steel sheeting over the steel sub-frame.
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However, a larger exit pupil makes it easier to put the eye where it can receive the light: anywhere in the large exit pupilconeoflightwill do.
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Since this is a measure of all the light emitted in a solid angle (theconeoflightin a particular direction), the beam intensity is independent of distance.
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He then traveled at great speed through a great expanse and beyond were mountain-like cones of light, seven of them, one stacked upon another.
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He described how he entered the cones of light one after another until he entered the seventh, the last.
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