Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In optics, having two surfaces plane and parallel to each other: as, a plane-parallel plate of glass.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Optics) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
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Examples
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Abstract: A generalized form of the Bennett pinch is studied in both cylindrical geometry and plane-parallel geometry.
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The parquetry-fillets are pieces of wood made from raw slats, rectangular, with key and slot and with plane-parallel top and bottom surfaces.
3. Types of Parquetry, Use of Materials and Hints on Design Peter Wehrmann 1993
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When clamping the workpieces take care to ensure that all workpieces are positioned next to each other plane-parallel and well aligned.
7. Shaping of profiles Horst Kth 1990
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This requires plane-parallel surfaces and relatively little chip removal due to the low clamping force.
4. Preparation for working with shaping machines Horst Kth 1990
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· Be sure to align the workpiece exactly plane-parallel.
7. Shaping of profiles Horst Kth 1990
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O. Lummer on interference spectroscopy and heat radiation, the influence of which was shown in von Laue's dissertation on interference phenomena in plane-parallel plates.
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For the calibration we use a plane-parallel calibration block which has a known thickness and must be made of the same material as the test object. (iii) Locating - reflectors: To test the workpiece we couple the probe onto its surface.
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If this has two plane-parallel surfaces, the sound pulse will be reflected on the surface opposite to the probe and return to it.
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In order to protect the crystals against damage they are pasted on a plane-parallel or wedge-shaped plastic delay block; the shape of the delay block depends on whether the sound wave is to be transmitted perpendicularly or angularly into the workpiece to be tested.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows guest754c67 2009
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If the pulse that passes through the workpiece has plane-parallel surfaces then the reflected pulse returns to the probe and generates a signal (backwall echo) on the CRT-screen of the instrument.
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