AIRY DISC


Meaning of AIRY DISC in English

/air"ee/ , Optics.

the bright central part of the diffraction pattern of light from a point source that is diffracted by a circular aperture.

[ named after Sir George Biddel Airy (1801-92) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .