focal plane
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffocalandplane
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focal
adjective
uk/ˈfəʊ.kəl/us/ˈfoʊ.kəl/
central ...
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plane
noun[C]
uk/pleɪn/us/pleɪn/
;
a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or ...
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(Definition offocalandplanefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffocal plane
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For example, finding thefocalplanelocation of the focused beam is an essential task for providing a good laser cut.
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On the other hand, after thefocalplane, the laser pulse diverges and the plasma wavelength tend to its linear value.
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In this case the laser beam penetrates deep into the plasma, reaching thefocalplane.
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These values are underestimates of the real coverage, since small axon terminal processes out of thefocalplanewere also eliminated during the procedure.
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In this case, the diffraction has a negligible effect in the intermediatefocalplane, of less than 10 mm.
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Thus, at itsfocalplanethere is the nondispersed and focused image of the source at the wavelength selected.
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Most of the heating occurs on thefocalplane, because this is where the laser intensity is highest.
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On the sagittal plane, this mirror is designed to project the far-field distribution of the harmonics beam onto thefocalplane.
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By considering the difference with the nearby harmonics, the separation on thefocalplanebetween the two gratings is about 500 mm.
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This deviated half of the beam producing a double-spot in thefocalplane.
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The laser wavefront andfocalplaneintensity profile of this interaction beam are measured and are found to be nearly diffraction limited.
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Cells were measured if their nucleus could be visualized within a givenfocalplane.
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The ganglion cell dendrites were manually defined in a pixel intensity contour map for eachfocalplane.
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