focal plane in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for focal plane in the English»French Dictionary

focal plane N

focal plane

plan m focal

Translations for focal plane in the French»English Dictionary

obturateur focal ou à rideau

focal plane shutter

Translations for focal plane in the English»French Dictionary

focal [Brit ˈfəʊk(ə)l, Am ˈfoʊk(ə)l] ADJ

focal

focal

I.plane [Brit pleɪn, Am pleɪn] N

1. plane AVIAT:

plane

avion m

to travel by plane

voyager en or par avion

to travel by plane attr ticket, accident

d'avion

2. plane (in geometry):

plane

plan m

the horizontal/vertical plane

le plan horizontal/vertical

3. plane (face of cube, pyramid):

plane

face f

4. plane TECH (tool):

plane

rabot m

5. plane BOT:

plane, a. plane tree

platane m

II.plane [Brit pleɪn, Am pleɪn] ADJ (flat)

plane

plan, uni

III.plane [Brit pleɪn, Am pleɪn] VB trans

plane wood, edge:

plane

raboter

to plane sth smooth

lisser qc au rabot

IV.plane [Brit pleɪn, Am pleɪn] VB intr

plane bird, aircraft, glider:

plane

planer

focal plane in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for focal plane in the English»French Dictionary

focal [ˈfəʊkl, Am ˈfoʊ-] ADJ

focal

focal(e)

I.plane¹ [pleɪn] N

1. plane (level surface):

plane

niveau m

2. plane MATH:

plane

plan m

3. plane (level of thought, intellect):

plane

niveau m

to be on a certain plane

être à un certain niveau

to be on a certain plane (be superior)

avoir un certain niveau

II.plane¹ [pleɪn] ADJ a. MATH

plane

plat(e)

I.plane² [pleɪn] N (tool)

plane

rabot m

II.plane² [pleɪn] VB trans

plane

raboter

plane³ [pleɪn] N (aircraft)

plane

avion m

to board the plane

monter dans l'avion

plane⁴ [pleɪn] N BOT

plane (tree)

platane m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Digital cameras provide a certain number of samples (pixels) per degree or per radian, or samples per mm in the focal plane of the camera.

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Three concentric lamp wicks, supplied to rapeseed oil by means of a suction and force pump, were placed in the focal plane of the apparatus.

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The focal plane is thus located outside of the eyepiece and is hence accessible as a location where a graticule, or micrometer crosshairs may be placed.

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The lightsource emits from a focal plane at above sea level.

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The light has a focal plane of 180 feet, and originally had an enormous hyperradial optic high and weighing more than 8 tons.

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The focal plane of the light is above mean sea level.

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Its focal plane measures 73 metres above sea level.

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It uses a leaf shutter rather than the more common (in SLR cameras) focal plane shutter.

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The focal plane is tiled with 4000 fibre-positioning units, each feeding an optical fibre which transfers light to one of sixteen 250-channel spectrographs below.

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