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Definition of Etalons
1. etalon [n] - See also: etalon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Etalons
Literary usage of Etalons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Queen's Hounds and Stag-hunting Recollections: With an Introduction on by Edward Burrows, Thomas Lister Ribblesdale (1897)
"Les privileges et exemptions des Garde-etalons sont tres onereux aux ... The Haras
and the garde-etalons had been got rid of, but the practical ..."
2. Physical Optics by Robert Williams Wood (1914)
"... mirror seen in the plate) was then brought into coincidence with the front
surface of the lower mirrors of the two etalons, the plane R (Fig. ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"1347 N. Electrical Units and Standards (Unités et etalons électriques). M.
Devaux- Charbonnel. Discusses the problems to be solved in devising an ..."
4. Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards by United States Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Standards, United States (1919)
"These plates and films were the same ones used by Merrill" in measurements of
wave lengths in the helium spectrum. etalons of 5, 10, 25, ..."
5. The Field Radiated from Two Horizontal Coils by Gregory Breit (1922)
"A series of etalons made of invar was used to separate the interferometer plates
by distances of 2, 3.75, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 40 mm. ..."