Focal Plane -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Focal Plane

The plane, lying a the focal length away from the center of an optical arrangement, in which an image is formed for light focused from infinity. For small incident angles, off-axis parallel rays are all focused to a single point in the plane containing the focus.


© 1996-2007 Eric W. Weisstein

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