a sharply defined image

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• define */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈfaɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms define : present tense I/you/we/they define he/she/it defines present participle defining past tense defined past participle defined 1) to describe clearly and exactly what something is No one has… …   English dictionary

• define — de|fine [ dı faın ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to describe clearly and exactly what something is: No one has defined the scope of the project. The responsibilities of each team member need to be clearly defined. 2. ) to explain the meaning of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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• anamorphoser — ˌfōzər, ˌfōs , fə noun ( s) : an optical device used to form a sharply defined image having a different magnification in each of two perpendicular meridians, usually vertical and horizontal …   Useful english dictionary

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• Judaism — /jooh dee iz euhm, day , deuh /, n. 1. the monotheistic religion of the Jews, having its ethical, ceremonial, and legal foundation in the precepts of the Old Testament and in the teachings and commentaries of the rabbis as found chiefly in the… …   Universalium

• 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

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• eye, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  specialized sense organ capable of receiving visual images, which are then carried to the brain. Anatomy of the visual apparatus Structures auxiliary to the eye The orbit       The eye is protected from mechanical injury… …   Universalium

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• photography, history of — Introduction       method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …   Universalium