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focal plane
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focal plane [′fō·kəl ‚plān]
(optics)
A plane perpendicular to the axis of an optical system and passing through the focal point of the system.
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Using a second computer procedure, the microscope scans many focal planes and builds a three-dimensional image of the object, much as CAT scans do.
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