English Explanatory Dictionary

adaptive optics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical system in telescopes that reduces atmospheric distortion by dynamically measuring and correcting wavefront aberrations in real time, often by using a deformable mirror.

Word forms

adaptive optics
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