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Eng ID | Term | Definition |
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4321 | reference tape | A BASE TAPE employed solely for use as a STANDARD of comparison. Also called standard tape. |
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4322 | reflectance | The ratio of light given off by an object to the amount of light striking the object, expressed as percentage. |
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4323 | reflected wave | See WAVE. |
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4324 | reflecting projector | See PROJECTOR. |
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4325 | reflecting telescope | See TELESCOPE. |
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4326 | reflection | The process whereby a surface of discontinuity turns back a portion of the incident RADIATION into the medium through which the RADIATION a... more |
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4327 | reflection: angle of | See ANGLE OF REFLECTION. |
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4328 | reflectivity | The ratio of the RADIANT ENERGY reflected by a surface to that incident upon it. |
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4329 | reflector | A device capable of or intended for reflecting particles or RADIANT ENERGY. See RADAR REFLECTOR. |
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4330 | refracted wave | See WAVE. |
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4331 | refracting telescope | See TELESCOPE. |
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4332 | refraction | The process in which the direction of energy propagation is changed as the result of a change in density within the propagating medium, or a... more |
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4333 | refraction: angle | See ANGLE OF REFRACTION. |
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4334 | refraction: astronomical | The apparent displacement of an object that results from LIGHT RAYS from a source outside the ATMOSPHERE being bent in passing the ATMOSPHE... more |
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4335 | refraction: atmospheric | Refraction resulting when a ray of radiant energy passes obliquely through the atmosphere. It may be called astronomical refraction if the r... more |
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4336 | refraction: coastal | A small change in the direction of travel of a RADIO WAVE when it crosses a SHORELINE obliquely due to a difference in conducting and refle... more |
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4337 | refraction: coefficient of | The ratio of the ANGLE OF REFRACTION at the point of observation to the angle at the centre of the EARTH subtended by the arc connecting th... more |
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4338 | refraction: index of | The ratio of the sine of the ANGLE OF INCIDENCE to the sine of the ANGLE OF REFRACTION. |
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4339 | refraction correction | A CORRECTION due to REFRACTION, particularly such a CORRECTION to a SEXTANT ALTITUDE, due to ATMOSPHERIC REFRACTION. |
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4340 | refraction of light | The bending of LIGHT RAYS in passing from one transparent medium into another which has a different INDEX OF REFRACTION. |