optic axis
noun
1 optic axis
In a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs.
2 optic axis
A line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted:
— In a normal eye the optic axis is the direction in which objects are seen most distinctly.
synonym: principal axis.
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