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{{languages|Equi-Angular Profile}}
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[[Category:2.2 Optical Apparatus]
[[Category:2.2 Optical Apparatus]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:Alphabetical Index]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]
[[Category:IALA Dictionary 1970-89 Edition]]

Revision as of 00:05, 25 February 2009

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A stepped profile such that a light ray emitted from the focus and passing through a portion of the profile exhibits equal angles of incidence and emergence. This produces minimum dispersion.

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Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)