See Also: Schmidt(dictionary)
Schmidt number(dictionary)
Schmidt reaction(dictionary)
Schmidt, Helmut(encyclopedia)
Schmidt diet(medicine)
Schmidt (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Schmidt, Johann(medicine)
Schmidt, Henry(medicine)
Schmidt, Henry D(medicine)
Schmidt, Gerhard(medicine)

Schmidt (iou)



Schmidt noun. M20.
[Bernhard Voldemar Schmidt (1879-1935), Estonian-born German optician.]
Astronomy.
Used attrib. with ref. to an optical system invented by Schmidt. M20.
Schmidt camera = Schmidt telescope. Schmidt correcting plate, Schmidt corrector (plate), Schmidt plate an aspheric lens of complex figure used in the Schmidt telescope and other catadioptric systems that use the same principle. Schmidt telescope an astronomical telescope used exclusively for wide-field photography at the primary focus, having a Schmidt corrector plate at the centre of curvature of a spherical primary mirror.
A Schmidt telescope. M20.