étendue

See also: etendue

English

Noun

étendue (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of etendue.
   • 2003, Wolfgang Demtröder, “Spectroscopic Instrumentation”, in Laser Spectroscopy: Basic Concepts and Instrumentation (Advanced Texts in Physics), 3rd edition, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 149:

     The light power transmitted to the detector is proportional to the product of the solid angle ${\mathit {\Omega }}$ and area $A$ in the central plane, which is imaged by the lens onto the aperture (often called the étendue $U$).

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.tɑ̃.dy/

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Participle

étendue f sg

1. feminine singular of étendu

Noun

étendue f (plural étendues)

1. expanse, area (of land, water etc.)
2. size (of a country, collection etc.)
3. scale, range, extent (of knowledge, damage etc.); depth (of ignorance)

Further reading

• “étendue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.