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etalon
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etalonhas definition Essentially an optical filter that operates by multiple-beam interference of light reflected and transmitted by a pair of parallel flat reflecting plates.has source: McLean, I.S. 1997 Electronic Imaging in Astronomy, Wiley, 2001-09-27 09:27:39.0
is a kind of Fabry-Perot interferometer2001-09-27 09:27:39.0
Fabry-Perot interferometerhas acronym FP2001-09-27 09:27:39.0
spectrograph dispersing elementhas dispersion2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
has wavefront modification wavelength2001-09-27 09:27:38.0
instrumenthas operator2001-09-27 09:27:28.0
artifacthas creator2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has creation date2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has purpose2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has owner2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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