Phrase Hound found 17 phrases and 0 compound words that contain fresnel. The most common are listed below. Open fresnel in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 17
- Fresnel lensThe hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
- Fresnel lanternA lantern used in theatre, which employs a Fresnel lens to wash light over an area of the stage.
- Fresnel numberA dimensionless quantity (denoted F), such that for an electromagnetic wave passing through an aperture and hitting a screen, F=(a²)/(Lλ) where a is the characteristic size (e.g. radius) of the aperture, L is the distance of the screen …
- Fresnel reflectionThe reflection of light predicted by the Fresnel equations.
- Fresnel rhombSynonym of Fresnel's rhomb: A rhombus or oblique parallelopiped of glass cut so that a ray of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at right angles at the opposite face, after undergoing within the rhombus, at other …
- Fresnel zone plateAn optical device that uses diffraction through alternate transparent and opaque rings to function as a lens
- Huygens-Fresnel principleA method of analysis applied to problems of wave propagation, stating that every point on a wavefront is itself the source of spherical wavelets, and the secondary wavelets emanating from different points mutually interfere.
- Fresnel lampFresnel lantern
- Fresnel lampsplural of Fresnel lamp: Fresnel lantern
- Fresnel lanternsplural of Fresnel lantern: A lantern used in theatre, which employs a Fresnel lens to wash light over an area of the stage.
- Fresnel lensesplural of Fresnel lens: The hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
- Fresnel numbersplural of Fresnel number: A dimensionless quantity (denoted F), such that for an electromagnetic wave passing through an aperture and hitting a screen, F=(a²)/(Lλ) where a is the characteristic size (e.g. radius) of the aperture, L is the …
- Fresnel reflectionsplural of Fresnel reflection: The reflection of light predicted by the Fresnel equations.
- Fresnel spotSynonym of Arago spot: A bright point that appears at the centre of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction.
- Fresnel spotsplural of Fresnel spot: A bright point that appears at the centre of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction.
- Fresnel zone platesplural of Fresnel zone plate: An optical device that uses diffraction through alternate transparent and opaque rings to function as a lens
- Fresnel rhombsplural of Fresnel rhomb: A rhombus or oblique parallelopiped of glass cut so that a ray of light entering one of its faces at right angles shall emerge at right angles at the opposite face, after undergoing within the rhombus, at other …