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scheimpflug principle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scheimpflug prin-ci-ple
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geometric rule that describes the orientation of the plane of focus of an optical system (such as a camera) when the lens plane is not parallel to the image plane.

Etymology

Named after Austrian army Captain Theodor Scheimpflug, who used it in devising a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective distortion in aerial photographs.

Inflected Forms

the Scheimpflug principle (canonical)

Questions

What does scheimpflug principle mean?
A geometric rule that describes the orientation of the plane of focus of an optical system (such as a camera) when the lens plane is not parallel to the image plane.
Where does scheimpflug principle come from?
Named after Austrian army Captain Theodor Scheimpflug, who used it in devising a systematic method and apparatus for correcting perspective distortion in aerial photographs.

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