equivalent focal length

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equivalent focal length

[i′kwiv·ə·lənt ′fō·kəl ‚leŋkth]

(optics)

The focal length of a thin lens which forms images that most nearly duplicate those of a given compound lens, thick lens, or system of lenses.

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