Zone system — The Zone System is a photographic technique for determining optimal film exposure and development, formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer in 1941. The Zone System provides photographers with a systematic method of precisely defining the… … Wikipedia
Zone plate — A zone plate is a device used to focus light. Unlike lenses however, zone plates use diffraction instead of refraction. Created by Augustin Jean Fresnel [freɪ nel] , they are sometimes called Fresnel zone plates in his honor. The zone plate s… … Wikipedia
The Old Market Autonomous Zone — The Imperial Dry Goods Building, home of Old Market Autonomous Zone The Old Market Autonomous Zone, or A Zone, was founded in 1995, in Winnipeg, Canada by local activists Paul Burrows and Sandra Drosdowech, who also co founded Winnipeg s… … Wikipedia
Coastal Zone Color Scanner — Ocean color around Tasmania (false color). Red and orange colors indicate high levels of phytoplankton. The Coastal Zone Color Scanner (or CZCS) was a multi channel scanning radiometer aboard the Nimbus 7 satellite. Nimbus 7 was launched 24… … Wikipedia
FZ — focal zone; furazolidone … Medical dictionary
FZ — • focal zone; • furazolidone … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
High-intensity focused ultrasound — Contents 1 Theory 2 Aiming 3 How HIFU works 4 Method of use … Wikipedia
Monsterwelle — Riesenwelle in der französischen Biskaya, etwa bei 200 Meter Wassertiefe. Eine Monsterwelle (auch Riesenwelle, Kaventsmann oder Freakwave von engl. freak wave, engl. auch rogue wave) ist eine außergewöhnlich hohe, meist einzelne ozeanische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… … Universalium
фокальная зона — 1. Область в акустическом пучке фокусирующего преобразователя, в которой амплитуда волны превышает определенную часть от ее максимального значения. 2. Область в акустическом пучке фокусирующего преобразователя, в которой звуковое давление… … Справочник технического переводчика
optics — /op tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the branch of physical science that deals with the properties and phenomena of both visible and invisible light and with vision. [1605 15; < ML optica < Gk optiká, n. use of neut. pl. of OPTIKÓS; see OPTIC,… … Universalium
