optical phenomenon

collocation in English

meaningsofopticalandphenomenon

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optical
adjective
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/ˈɒp.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈɑːp.tɪ.kəl/
relating to light or the ability ...
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phenomenon
noun[C]
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/fəˈnɒm.ɪ.nən/us
/fəˈnɑː.mə.nɑːn/
something that exists and can be seen, felt, tasted, etc., especially something unusual ...
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(Definition ofopticalandphenomenonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A simpler and more consistent theory is developed here: that the hafgerdingar are anopticalphenomenon, specifically, a superior mirage.
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These doubts were based upon a fundamentalopticalphenomenoncalled astigmatism, which can be described as follows.
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Small rutile needles present in gems are responsible for anopticalphenomenonknown as asterism.
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A mirage is an example of anopticalphenomenon.
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A much more likely source of explanation is some naturalopticalphenomenonin our own atmosphere.
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A rareopticalphenomenonmay occur shortly after sunset or before sunrise, known as a green flash.
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Their experiment involved anopticalphenomenonknown as evanescent modes, and they claim that since evanescent modes have an imaginary wave number, they represent a mathematical analogy to quantum tunnelling.
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This is particularly common as anopticalphenomenon, where light waves are involved, but it occurs with many types of waves, such as electromagnetic waves in general or sound waves.
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During the nineteenth century the most rewarding points of contact between physics and chemistry were linked with the investigation of thermal, electrical, and optical phenomena.
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Suchopticalphenomenonis called dichromatism.
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The aether was viewed as the most significant "menstruum, vehicle or most fluid part of air," through which all pneumatic and optical phenomena were produced.
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Such an approach ignores important aspects of optical phenomena, including the basic nature of light from a thermal source, which is a superposition of unrelated photons.
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Silicon waveguides are also of great academic interest, due to their ability to support exotic nonlinear optical phenomena such as soliton propagation.
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Such ray tracing techniques are used to describe optical phenomena such as rainbow of halo on hexagonal ice crystals for large particles.
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Most optical phenomena can be accounted for using the classical electromagnetic description of light.
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Dealing with high optical powers also needs the nonlinear optical phenomena to be taken in account.
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Some designs were also subject to optical phenomena that could cause noticeably uneven color or other defects in the results.
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The colours result not from any green or blue pigments but from the micro-structure of the feathers and the resulting optical phenomena.
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Such dispersion of light in glass or water underlies the origin of rainbows and other optical phenomena, in which different wavelengths appear as different colors.
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Longitudinal winds spread these fine particles around the globe, creating optical phenomena.
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