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BlakeThe optical axis is an imaginary line that passes through the center of a lens or mirror, while the visual axis is the line connecting the fovea (center of the retina) to the object being viewed. The optical axis is used in optics to describe the path of light through a lens system, while the visual axis describes the line of sight in relation to the eye.
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What is an easy definition of the optical axis?
An optical axis is a line along which there is some degree of rotational symmetry in an optical system such as a camera lens or microscope..
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Is the following sentence true or false the optical axis is an imaginary line that divides a mirror?
Not sure, but I think it's true
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