zone plate en · NOUN
Meanings
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A Fresnel zone plate.
And Fresnel's countryman, Laurent Koechlin, of the Midi-Pyrénées observatory, thinks zone plates are the way to find out if there is life on other planets.
2012 June 9, “Twinkle, twinkle, little planet”, in The Economist:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| zone plates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |