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aspherical

[ ey-sfer-i-kuhl ]

adjective

Optics.
  1. (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical 1 shape and relatively free from aberrations.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aspherical1

First recorded in 1920–25; a- 6 + spherical
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Larger fibers with optimized freeform and aspherical lens designs or a combination of lenses printed directly onto the fiber could help improve the output power.

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This oddity can be explained by an aspherical explosion of the supernova, Ezzeddine says.

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As it eats, the phalarope moves its beak in a rapid tweezing motion, transforming food-laden droplets of water into aspherical shapes that are propelled up into its mouth.

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Furthermore, they found just one aspherical supernova explosion that could yield the observed zinc signal and other characteristics of HE 1327-2326.

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“Now we have some motivation to look at aspherical supernovae,†he says.

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