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PRONUNCIATION OF AFOCAL

afocal  [ˈeɪˌfəʊkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFOCAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Afocal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFOCAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of afocal in the English dictionary

The definition of afocal in the dictionary is describes method of transferring an image without bringing it into focus.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFOCAL


bifocal
baɪˈfəʊkəl
confocal
kɒnˈfəʊkəl
epifocal
ˌɛpɪˈfəʊkəl
focal
ˈfəʊkəl
hyperfocal
ˌhaɪpəˈfəʊkəl
interlocal
ˌɪntəˈləʊkəl
local
ˈləʊkəl
matrifocal
ˌmætrɪˈfəʊkəl
multifocal
ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊkəl
nonfocal
ˌnɒnˈfəʊkəl
nonlocal
nɒnˈləʊkəl
parfocal
pɑːˈfəʊkəl
patrifocal
ˌpætrɪˈfəʊkəl
patrilocal
ˌpætrɪˈləʊkəl
socle
ˈsəʊkəl
trifocal
traɪˈfəʊkəl
univocal
ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkəl
varifocal
ˈvɛərɪˌfəʊkəl
vocal
ˈvəʊkəl
yokel
ˈjəʊkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFOCAL

aflame
aflatoxin
afloat
aflutter
AFM
AFN
AFNOR
afoot
afore
aforehand
aforementioned
aforesaid
aforethought
aforetime
afoul
afp
AFRAeS
afraid

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFOCAL

equivocal
irreciprocal
multivocal
nonreciprocal
nonvocal
pedocal
reciprocal
semivocal
subvocal
unequivocal
unvocal
uxorilocal
virilocal

Synonyms and antonyms of afocal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «afocal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFOCAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

无焦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

afocal
570 millions of speakers

English

afocal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

afocal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

afocal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

афокальная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afocal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

afocal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

afocal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak betul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

afokal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無限焦点の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무한 초점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Afocal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

afocal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

afocal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रोकल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

odaksız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afocale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

afokalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

афокальнимі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afocal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξωεστιακό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afocal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

afokal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

afocal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of afocal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFOCAL»

The term «afocal» is normally little used and occupies the 118.152 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFOCAL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFOCAL»

Discover the use of afocal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to afocal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Basic Electro-optics for Electrical Engineers
Afocal telescopes are two-lens systems intended to be used with the object at infinity. The two lenses are separated by the sum of their focal lengths. The combination focal length is indeterminate using Eq. (1.13), which is interpreted to mean ...
Glenn D. Boreman, 1998
2
Optical Imaging and Aberrations: Ray geometrical optics
Besides its use as a telescope or a beam expander, an afocal system can also be used to change the effective focal length and field of view (which is defined in Section 2.2.7) of another system by inserting it in the collimated region of the other ...
Virendra N. Mahajan, 1998
3
Primary Care Optometry
Trial with Aids for Distance Vision Afocal telescopes. Distance-vision aids for low- vision patients are usually afocal telescopes. An afocal telescope is designed in such a way that if parallel rays of light enter the objective, parallel rays will ...
Theodore Grosvenor, Theodore P. Grosvenor, 2007
4
Reflecting Telescope Optics I: Basic Design Theory and Its ...
See Tables 2.1 and 2.2. In §2.2.5 above, the use of Gregory or Cassegrain systems in the afocal (Mersenne) form (Fig. 1.3) was mentioned. Such systems obey the same magnification laws as the conventional afocal refractor, given in § 2.2.4, ...
Ray N. Wilson, 2004
5
Bridging the Centuries with SAMPE's Materials and Processes ...
3.1 AFOCAL HOUSING The original afocal housing was fabricated with cast aluminum having all of the critical final dimensions machined. The afocal housing consisted of six separate aluminum castings. The first cost savings were achieved ...
Steve Loud, 2000
6
Observing the Sun with Coronado™ Telescopes
Afocal Adaptor Afocal photography is also known as “eyepiece projection” and is the act of taking a photograph through a telescope using an eyepiece. An adaptor allows the camera to be held near the eyepiece to reduce camera shake.
Philip Pugh, 2007
7
Practical Astrophotography
Most camcorders do not have removable lenses, so to use one with your telescope, you can utilize the afocal method. As covered in an earlier chapter, the afocal method is where you simply point your camera lens (or camcorder lens) into ...
Jeffrey Charles, 2000
8
Metamaterial Lens Design
counteract the focusing element each of the afocal elements must be relatively strong and introduce large amounts of aberrations. This is the case in the positive -index benchmark lens where each of the afocal elements had a focal length of ...
Ralph Hamilton Shepard (III.), 2009
9
Geometrical and Instrumental Optics
There are interferometric eyepieces and eyepieces with moveable pointers. The filar micrometer eyepiece has a fixed reticle and a moving cross hair, translated by a micrometer. 4.4. Afocal Systems Afocal systems,* whose power is zero, have  ...
Daniel Malacara, 1989
10
Evolution's Witness: How Eyes Evolved
Histologic section of afocal compound eye. C, corneal lens; CC, crystalline lens; Rh, rhabdom; RC, reticular cell. This unusual compound eye has a corneal lens followed by a crystalline lens. The image is focused from the corneal lens within ...
Ivan R. Schwab, Richard R. Dubielzig, Charles Schobert, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFOCAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term afocal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BCLA comes together for final annual event
Italian manufacturer Safilens exhibited the Fusio 1day Presbyo lens, an afocal design that incorporates an on-axis induced scotoma area to ... «Optician Online, Jun 15»
2
Static real-time capture of 3D microscopy images
In our proof-of-concept experiment we inserted an afocal relay into the optical path (see Figure 1). It is easy to show that in such a case the ... «SPIE Newsroom, Apr 15»
3
Get set for an Easter weekend total lunar eclipse
This afocal method is known as digiscoping, and it is easier than ever to do thanks to live screen previews afforded by modern devices. «Sen, Apr 15»
4
Laser Interferometer 4D Technology Corp.
An operator can then switch easily to the internal source to measure a wide range of focal and afocal optics. Visit company website · >About this ... «Photonics.com, Mar 15»
5
iPhone Astrophotography: How to Take Amazing Images of the Sky …
Now simply aiming a camera at the eyepiece of a telescope — known as afocal astrophotography — and shooting without removing the ... «Universe Today, Jan 15»
6
The Newsom home in SLO: Reconcilable differences
Use it as an accent, such as on afocal wall, or in a small space such as a powder room. Some of Erica Gomez's favorite sources are Tracy ... «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Dec 14»
7
North America gets ready for a partial solar eclipse
... the telescope eyepiece, enabling those with camera equipment to image using the prime focus, eyepiece projection or afocal methods. «Astronomy Now Online, Oct 14»
8
French exoplanet mission ends after seven years
... or CoRoT, mission scanned the sky for six years, watching for planets orbiting stars with a sensitive 10.6-inch Corotel afocal telescope and a ... «Spaceflight Now, Jun 14»
9
Amazing Manual Trailing of Sirius and More Astrophotos from Pakistan
... Moon — taken 7 hours apart — were shot through Roshaan's telescope with his mobile phone camera using the handheld afocal method! «Universe Today, Jun 14»
10
Seeing Red: Spectacular Views of this Morning's Total Lunar Eclipse
We've come a long way since the days of film and doing back of the envelope calculations for afocal SLR photography of the Moon, that's for ... «Universe Today, Apr 14»

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