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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: full width half maximum
Synonym1: FWHM (abbreviation)
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Definition: the range of a variable over which a given characteristic is greater than 50 % of its maximum value

NOTE – FWHM may be applied to characteristics such as radiation patterns, spectral linewidths, etc. and the variable may be wavelength, spatial or angular properties, etc., as appropriate.


Publication date:1991-10
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