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  • noun optics A flat portion of a lens or curved mirror, especially one introduced accidentally or by damage

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Examples

  • The stealth telescope is impressive in its oddity; it looks like a louvered refrigerator box with petals on top, called flatfield screens, that open and close over the mirrors.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • The stealth telescope is impressive in its oddity; it looks like a louvered refrigerator box with petals on top, called flatfield screens, that open and close over the mirrors.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • The stealth telescope is impressive in its oddity; it looks like a louvered refrigerator box with petals on top, called flatfield screens, that open and close over the mirrors.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • The stealth telescope is impressive in its oddity; it looks like a louvered refrigerator box with petals on top, called flatfield screens, that open and close over the mirrors.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a QE offset without any discernable pattern.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a QE offset without any discernable pattern.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a QE offset without any discernable pattern.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a QE offset without any discernable pattern.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a QE offset without any discernable pattern.

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

  • Initially found via an unexpected bowtie-shaped feature in flatfield ratios, subsequent lab tests on similar e2v devices have since shown that it is also present as simply an overall offset across the entire CCD, i.e., a

    SpaceRef Top Stories 2010

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