Autocollimation
the process used in an autocollimator.
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an instrument combining the functions of a telescope and , for detecting and measuring very small deviations in a beam of light.
- Autocorrect
a software feature that automatically replaces a word in a word-processed doc-ment, text message, spreadsheet, or search box, or suggests an alternative word, if the word does not appear in a built-in dictionary. to correct by use of this built-in dictionary: i typed ‘foluw’, and it autocorrected to ‘follow’. contemporary examples note that the software […]
- Autocorrelation
the of an ordered series of observations with the same series displaced by the same number of terms. noun (statistics) the condition occurring when successive items in a series are correlated so that their covariance is not zero and they are not independent also called serial correlation
- Auto-da-fe
the public declaration of the judgment p-ssed on persons tried in the courts of the the spanish inquisition, followed by the execution by the civil authorities of the sentences imposed, especially the burning of condemned heretics at the stake. historical examples princes of the church and magistrates were present at these auto-da-fe. history of the […]
- Auto-dial
see under . a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a b-tton.