"zone plate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: zone plates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} zone plate (plural zone plates)
  1. A Fresnel zone plate. Wikipedia link: zone plate
    Sense id: en-zone_plate-en-noun-utIDZxER Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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