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WHAT DOES ADAPTIVE OPTICS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Adaptive optics

Adaptive optics is a technology used to improve the performance of optical systems by reducing the effect of wavefront distortions. It is used in astronomical telescopes and laser communication systems to remove the effects of atmospheric distortion, in microscopy, optical fabrication and in retinal imaging systems to reduce optical aberrations. Adaptive optics works by measuring the distortions in a wavefront and compensating for them with a device that corrects those errors such as a deformable mirror or a liquid crystal array. Adaptive optics should not be confused with active optics, which works on a longer timescale to correct the primary mirror geometry. Other methods can achieve resolving power exceeding the limit imposed by atmospheric distortion, such as speckle imaging, aperture synthesis, and lucky imaging, or by moving outside the atmosphere with space telescopes, such as the Hubble Space Telescope.

Definition of adaptive optics in the English dictionary

The definition of adaptive optics in the dictionary is a technique used to increase the resolution of a ground-based astronomical telescope by counteracting the effects of the atmosphere on the image. A deforming mirror in the light path of the telescope maintains a pointlike image of the celestial body using either a real star or a laser beam as a reference.

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Synonyms and antonyms of adaptive optics in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «adaptive optics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADAPTIVE OPTICS

Find out the translation of adaptive optics to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adaptive optics from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adaptive optics» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自适应光学
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

óptica adaptativa
570 millions of speakers

English

adaptive optics
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुकूली प्रकाशिकी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البصريات التكيفية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адаптивная оптика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

óptica adaptativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিযোজিত অপটিক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

optique adaptative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Optik penyesuaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adaptive Optik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

補償光学
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적응 광학
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Optik adaptif
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

quang học thích ứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தகவமைப்பு ஒளியியல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुकूली प्रकाशयोजना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Uyarlanabilir optik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ottica adattiva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Asystent optyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адаптивна оптика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sisteme optice adaptive
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

προσαρμοστικής οπτικής
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

adaptive optika
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

adaptiv optik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adaptiv optikk
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adaptive optics

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADAPTIVE OPTICS»

Discover the use of adaptive optics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adaptive optics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Adaptive Optics for Astronomical Telescopes
This book by one of the leaders in adaptive optics covers the fundamental theory and then describes in detail how this technology can be applied to large ground-based telescopes to compensate for the effects of atmospheric turbulence.
John W. Hardy, 1998
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Adaptive Optics in Astronomy
Adaptive optics is set to revolutionise the future of astronomy; this is the first book on the subject and is set to become the standard reference.
François Roddier, 1999
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Principles of Adaptive Optics, Third Edition
Condensing the vast array of literature into one accessible source, this edition incorporates recent developments and adds many new references.
Robert Tyson, 2010
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Introduction to Adaptive Optics
This book was written for those interested in the multidisciplinary technology and those who need a broad-brush explanation without wading through thousands of journal articles.
Robert K. Tyson, 2000
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Adaptive Optics Engineering Handbook
This handbook supplies analytical tools for the design and development of adaptive optics systems to enhance their ability to adjust for atmospheric turbulence, optical fabrication errors, thermally induced distortions, and laser device ...
Robert Tyson, 1999
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Adaptive Optics for Vision Science: Principles, Practices, ...
The material for this book stems from collaborations fostered by the Center for Adaptive Optics, a consortium of more than thirty universities, government laboratories, and corporations.
Jason Porter, Hope Queener, Julianna Lin, 2006
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Lighter Side of Adaptive Optics
Amazing Experiments with Optics This book is fun, it is memorable and it represents superb teaching; of course the aspiring professional will need one of Tyson's many other books with their 1000 or so up-to-date references but Lighter Side ...
Robert K. Tyson, 2009
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Adaptive Optics
Martin J. Cullum. 5. Technical Specifications The results obtained in the previous section were obtained with modal control 8. The WFS sampling frequency was 1 kHz and the overall bandwidth was around 80 Hz. However without turbulence, ...
Martin J. Cullum, 1996
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Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine: Proceedings of ...
34 A High-Resolution Adaptive Optics Fundus Imager G.R.G. Erry1, L.J. Otten1, A . Larichev2, and N. Irochnikov3 1 Kestrel Corporation 3815 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109, USA 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Center of  ...
Ulrich Wittrock, 2006
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Adaptive Optics for Astronomy
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Cargèse, Corse, France, June 29--July 9, 1993
D.M. Alloin, Jean-Marie Mariotti, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADAPTIVE OPTICS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adaptive optics is used in the context of the following news items.
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Colossal telescope coming into focus
On the bright side, the superb quality of the LBT adaptive optics will give the observatory an edge which must be exploited fully very quickly.”. «Arizona Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Canadian Company Gets $70 Million To Build TMT Enclosure
A previous Dynamic media release stated that the adaptive optics instrument will also be built in Canada. “This is a tremendously exciting time ... «Big Island Video News, Jul 15»
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Event Horizon Telescope Will Probe Spacetime's Mysteries
... correct for it via adaptive optics, the EHT may adopt an adaptive optics scheme (but without the lasers) in the analysis to remove this effect. «Discovery News, Jul 15»
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Bringing the human eye into focus
The team's method should allow the benefits of adaptive optics, more commonly used in astronomy, to be brought more readily into clinics. «physicsworld.com, Jun 15»
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Measuring the phase shifts produced by transmissive spatial light …
P. M. Prieto, E. J. Fernández, S. Manzanera, P. Artal, Adaptive optics with a programmable phase modulator: applications in the human eye, ... «SPIE Newsroom, Jun 15»
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Multiple scattering: Unravelling the tangle
... matrix at one point to correct the image not only at that point, but also in a patch around it, for instance when employing adaptive optics. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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EMB 00:00 New 'Iron Man' augmented reality technology could help …
... data relevant to what they are seeing are endless,” said Simon Hall, the lead scientist in adaptive optics at the National Physical Laboratory. «The Independent, Jun 15»
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Infrared lifts the veil on a golden city
The image was taken by the 8-metre Gemini South Telescope in Chile, which combines an advanced adaptive optics system to remove the ... «ABC Science Online, Jun 15»
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Detecting exoplanets close to their host star
The telescope's integrated adaptive optics system provided the instrument with sharp images of stars, which were consequently split up and ... «Space Daily, Jun 15»
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New technology looks into the eye and brings cells into focus
Computational adaptive optics applies complex algorithms to OCT data correcting for eye aberrations and motion, yielding high-resolution, ... «ScienceBlog.com, Jun 15»

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