aperture synthesis

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aperture synthesis [′ap·ə‚chər ‚sin·thə·səs]

(electromagnetism)

The use of one or more pairs of instruments of relatively small aperture, acting as interferometers, to obtain the information-gathering capability of a telescope of much larger aperture.

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No references found			Both sets of data will be collected by a single instrument called MIRAS, the large Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis. Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water by AFP / AFP Global Edition Baldwin of the University of Cambridge and his colleagues used the combination telescope, known as COAST (Cambridge Optical Aperture Synthesis Telescope), to examine Capella, a double star system 40 light-years away. COASTing to a sharper image by Science News Both sets of data will be collected by the large Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS). Europe probe tracks global warming impact on water by AFP / AFP Global Edition			aperiodic compass aperiodic damping Aperiodic System aperiodic waves apers Apert's syndrome apertometer aperture aperture aberration aperture angle aperture antenna aperture card aperture conductivity aperture disk aperture grill picture tube aperture grille aperture illumination aperture mask aperture plate aperture ratio aperture sight aperture slit aperture slot aperture splitting aperture stop aperture synthesis Apetalae apetalous apex apex impulse apex stone Apgar score Apgar Score System Apgar, Virginia Aphagia aphakia Aphalone aphaniphyric Aphaniptera Aphanisia aphanite aphanitic Aphanomyces Apharsachites Aphasia aphasic seizure Aphasmidea Aphek Aphelenchoidea Aphelenchoidoidea Aphelinid			Aperture Games: Minecraft aperture grill picture tube Aperture grille Aperture Grille Pitch aperture illumination Aperture Integral Equation aperture mask aperture of the frontal sinus aperture of the glottis aperture of the larynx aperture of the sphenoid sinus aperture plate Aperture priority Aperture priority aperture ratio Aperture Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy Aperture Science Self Esteem Fund for Girls Aperture Science Weighted Companion Cube aperture sight aperture slit aperture slot aperture splitting Aperture Stacked Patch Aperture stop Aperture stop Aperture stop Aperture stop Aperture stop Aperture Switching Assembly aperture synthesis Aperture Users Network Aperture Value Aperture-Coupled Dielectric Resonator Antenna Aperture-Coupled Hemispherical Dielectric Resonator Antenna Aperture-Coupled Microstrip Open-Loop Resonator Aperture-Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna Aperture-Coupled Patch Antenna Aperture-Coupled Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Aperture-Coupled Stacked Patch Antenna Aperture-priority aperture-stop aperture-stop aperture-stop Apertureless Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscopy Apertures Apertures Apertures Apertures apertus apertus sincerus APERU apery apes apes apes apes apes APES-RCB APESB APESCA

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