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adjective
Date: 1867
having the same foci <confocal ellipses> <confocal lenses> • confocally adverb
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Confocal — Con*fo cal, a. (Math.) Having the same foci; as, confocal quadrics. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
confocal — adj. m. TECH Microscope confocal: microscope à balayage laser permettant de réaliser des coupes optiques dans l épaisseur d un échantillon sans le couper, les images ainsi produites étant ensuite traitées par un ordinateur pour aboutir à une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Confocal — (v. lat.), was einen gemeinschaftlichen Brennpunkt hat, so confocale Linien … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Confocal — Confocal, lat., Linien mit gemeinschaftlichem Brennpunkt … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
confocal — [kän fō′kəl] adj. Math. having the same focus or focuses … English World dictionary
Confocal — In geometry, confocal means having the same foci. For an optical cavity consisting of two mirrors, confocal means that they share their foci. If they are identical mirrors, their radius of curvature, Rmirror, equals L, where L is the distance… … Wikipedia
confocal — See c. microscope. * * * con·fo·cal ( )kän fō kəl adj having the same foci <confocal lenses> con·fo·cal·ly kə lē adv * * * con·fo·cal (kon foґkəl) having the same focus … Medical dictionary
confocal — (ˈ)kän+ adjective Etymology: com + focal mathematics : having the same real or imaginary foci used of conic sections and of conicoids whose principal sections are confocal conics … Useful english dictionary
Confocal microscopy — Diagnostics MeSH D018613 OPS 301 code 3 301 … Wikipedia
Confocal laser scanning microscopy — (CLSM or LSCM) is a technique for obtaining high resolution optical images with depth selectivity.[1] The key feature of confocal microscopy is its ability to acquire in focus images from selected depths, a process known as optical sectioning.… … Wikipedia
