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- Optical Science and Optical Engineering Stuff in Layman's Terms

Abbe Number

BRDF

CCT – Correlated Color Temperature

Diffuse

Diffuser

Flux Capacitor

Fresnel Lens

Imaging Optics

Index of Refraction

Lambertian

Light Guide

Light Pipe

Matte

MTF

Nonimaging Optics

OTF

Photometric

Polarization

Radiometric

Reflex

Specular

Stray Light

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