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deformable
  وادیسیدنی   
vâdisidani

Fr.: déformable   

Capable of being → deformed. → deformable mirror

deform + → -able.

deformable mirror
  آینه‌ی ِ وادیسیدنی   
âyene-ye vâdisidani

Fr.: miroir déformable   

A very thin mirror whose shape can be changed by the force applied by many small pistons behind the mirror. Such a mirror is used in the → adaptive optics technique to correct the → wavefront affected by the → atmospheric turbulence. See also → tip-tilt mirror.

deformable; → mirror.