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ray path

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ray path [′rā ‚path]
(communications)
Geometric path between the transmitting and receiving locations.
(physics)
An imaginary path along which travels the energy associated with a point on a wavefront.
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A new ray path test for aspheric optics developed just to analyze these mirrors, has discovered regions that are optically well formed to a fraction of the wavelength of visible light alongside of highly astigmatic regions.
Astronomical photography as a demonstration of the utility of ... by Richardson, T.R.; Scrivens, W.A.; Brodhacker, K.L. / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
Combining this with the knowledge of the instant that the sound source was triggered provides the energy's travel time along its ray path from the source to the receiver.
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29) where j and g take 1, 2, and 3 and respectively represented the type of the final trip and the initial trip of the ray path to be a P ray, SV ray or SH ray in the layer, and [[phi].
Transient Green's tensor for a layered solid half-space with ... by Eitzen, Donald G. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
 
 
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