Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the same focus or foci. Used of a lens.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mathematics, having the same focus: as, confocal quadrics; confocal conies.
- noun A figure having the same focus as another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Math.) Having the same foci.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective optics (
mathematics ) Having the samefoci
Etymologies
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Examples
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The principal techniques in cell biologists' toolboxes are known as confocal and wide-field microscopy.
BBC News - Home 2011
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However, both fused and non-fused receptors translocated to the same endocytic compartment, as determined by dual-label confocal analysis of cells co-expressing both proteins and transferrin co-localization.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Enrico M Batassa Maria Grazia Di Certo 2008
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We looked at thin rock slices and fresh surfaces using a mapping technique called confocal Raman imaging spectroscopy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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We looked at thin rock slices and fresh surfaces using a mapping technique called confocal Raman imaging spectroscopy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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We looked at thin rock slices and fresh surfaces using a mapping technique called confocal Raman imaging spectroscopy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The scientists will study the building blocks of these synapses - specialized proteins - using genetics, molecular biology and a technique known as confocal microscopy.
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We looked at thin rock slices and fresh surfaces using a mapping technique called confocal Raman imaging spectroscopy.
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To find out the cause of discomfort like hers, gastroenterologists now have a new technology called confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE).
unknown title 2009
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To find out the cause of discomfort like hers, gastroenterologists now have a new technology called confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE).
unknown title 2009
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To reconstruct the webs the scientists focused through the amber at 40 different positions, tracing it through the layers and then splicing it together again using a computer technique called confocal microscopy.
Home | Mail Online 2009
jaime_d commented on the word confocal
"Thus, on occasion, a sort of parabola, not fully confocal in form. . ." Gilbert Adair translation of Georges Perec's La Disparition
August 11, 2010