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Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.
Sue Grafton

Meaning of "prime focus" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRIME FOCUS

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Prime focus is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PRIME FOCUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

prime focus

Reflecting telescope

A reflecting telescope is an optical telescope which uses a single or combination of curved mirrors that reflect light and form an image. The reflecting telescope was invented in the 17th century as an alternative to the refracting telescope which, at that time, was a design that suffered from severe chromatic aberration. Although reflecting telescopes produce other types of optical aberrations, it is a design that allows for very large diameter objectives. Almost all of the major telescopes used in astronomy research are reflectors. Reflecting telescopes come in many design variations and may employ extra optical elements to improve image quality or place the image in a mechanically advantageous position. Since reflecting telescopes use mirrors, the design is sometimes referred to as a "catoptric" telescope.

Definition of prime focus in the English dictionary

The definition of prime focus in the dictionary is the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRIME FOCUS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PRIME FOCUS

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Synonyms and antonyms of prime focus in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «prime focus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRIME FOCUS

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

Translator English - Chinese

首要重点
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

foco principal
570 millions of speakers

English

prime focus
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्राइम फोकस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التركيز الرئيسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

основным направлением
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

foco principal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান ফোকাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foyer principal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumpuan utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptaugenmerk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主焦点
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주요 초점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fokus utama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trọng tâm chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதான கவனம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य फोकस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ana odağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Prime Focus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centrum uwagi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

основним напрямком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prime Focus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίκεντρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

primêre fokus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

främsta fokus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovedfokus
5 millions of speakers

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

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QUOTES WITH «PRIME FOCUS»

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Sue Grafton
Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRIME FOCUS»

Discover the use of prime focus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prime focus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Outlook Profit
That works perfectly for companies such as Prime Focus, which incidentally, is India's biggest post-production company with studios in Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. The Mumbai-based company is the creation of a father-son duo, Naresh ...
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Astrophotography for the Amateur
6.1 Prime-focus astrophotography The simplest way to take pictures through a telescope is to use the telescope objective as a camera lens. That is, remove the lens from the camera, remove the eyepiece from the telescope, and put the ...
Michael A. Covington, 1999
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Astronomy: A Physical Perspective
If an eyepiece is put at this location, we call the arrangement a prime focus. The advantage of the prime focus is that no more mirrors are required, so light is not lost (or images distorted) in additional reflections. It provides for a 'fast' system ...
Marc L. Kutner, 2003
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Microwave Horns and Feeds
Prime-focus waveguide feeds have seen several stages of development. The early units were simple open-ended waveguides, with small flares to control the radiation patterns [1]. Their performance in reflector efficiency was, however, low.
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Astrophysical Techniques, Sixth Edition
These are similar to those used for correcting Cassegrain telescopes and are placed immediately before the prime focus. A system that is almost identical to the use of the telescope at prime focus and which was the first design to be made into ...
C.R. Kitchin, 2013
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Optical Detectors For Astronomy II: State-Of-The-Art at the ...
CCD Mosaicing technique for Suprime-Cam (SUbaru PRIME focus CAMera) Fumiaki Nakata1 Satoshi Miyazaki2, Norio Okada2, Masahiko Kimura3 and Maki Sekiguchi3 1 Department of Astronomy, School of Science, University of Tokyo 2  ...
P. Amico (Ed), James W. Beletic, 2000
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The Principles of Astronomical Telescope Design
The prime focus of a hyperboloid mirror is also used for some Ritchey--Chretien ( R-C) telescopes. There are also a few prime focus telescopes using a spherical primary. Specially designed correctors are required for this type of prime focus ...
Jingquan Cheng, 2010
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An Introduction to Radio Astronomy
4.6 Steerable telescopes A basic steerable paraboloid with a prime-focus feed is shown in Figure 4.13(a). All large telescopes of this type, including large optical telescopes, are supported by a structure that points the instrument in azimuth ...
Bernard F. Burke, Francis Graham-Smith, 2010
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Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Astronomy
prime focus The focus of the objective of the telescope. This is the same as the focus of the telescope in most refractors. For Newtonian telescopes the secondary flat mirror reflects the focus to the side of the telescope, but the optical properties ...
C. R. Kitchin, 2002
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To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy
6.2.1 Prime focus and Newtonian focus One very simple telescope design mounts a detector at the focus of a paraboloid (K = –1) mirror. This prime focus configuration has the advantage of both simplicity and minimum light loss (there is only ...
Frederick R. Chromey, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRIME FOCUS»

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Buzz around P-notes disrupts market harmony. Will FIIs flee despite …
However, in an effort to clarify things, Jayant Sinha said that the prime focus has always been on encouraging stable and productive policies for ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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Saya Group raises ₹200 crore from Edelweiss
The group is developing multiple housing projects in the NCR region with its prime focus on Indirapuram and Noida/Greater Noida West. «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
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Ease of investment govt's top priority, but curbing black money a …
The prime focus has always been on encouraging stable and productive policies for all investors — domestic and foreign. And we are ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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India eCommerce industry on a 'aqui'hiring spree
Flipkart, however, did not respond to any query related to Sociaotransit, but, it did mention that the firm's prime focus this year would be ... «Businessinsider India, Jul 15»
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Bid to keep Talbot Park open
It is great to have somewhere like Talbot where the prime focus is the care. This is a community issue and the health board should be proud of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
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Blasting Post: For athletes, summer remains a precious commodity
July continues to be my favorite month because, in many ways, it's still the month where recreation is my prime focus. These days, instead of ... «Stow Sentry, Jul 15»
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Privi Medical- Helping you Manage Haemorrhoids at Home
The fellowship is about inventing new medical devices with a prime focus on needs. Since it's a needs-driven innovation, a large part of our ... «Biotechin.Asia, Jul 15»
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Uncertainty ends, project back on track
Research will get prime focus at the institute here,” said V.P. Gangadharan, renowned oncologist and Special Officer of the Cancer Institute and ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Advanced manufacturing labs at Camosun a Canadian first
“Our prime focus is building inter-disciplinary space to allow our students and faculty to work on real world problems with our local industry ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
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Presidential candidate stops by Summerville
He stopped by Scout Boats in Summerville to meet residents and offer both a timeline of his political career and his platform's prime focus: ... «Journalscene.com, Jul 15»

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