optical axis
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They also discovered that the optical vortices could be modified by adjusting the topological charge, which is essentially the number of windings around the optical axis.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
The rays originate from points that are not on the optical axis and they do not converge at one common focal point.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Now when we cut our lens out of this blank, we are able to keep the optical axis parallel to the line of sight as it goes into our frame.
From Time Magazine Archive
Approaching it carefully, Seaton deftly guided the projector lengthwise into that hollow receptacle and anchored it in the exact optical axis.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
For example, two thumb-screws control the position of the carbons of the lamp so that the luminous point may be readily brought into the exact optical axis of the condenser.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst
