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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3ANumerical_aperture.svg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=optics">optics</a>, the <b>numerical aperture</b> (<b>NA</b>) of an optical system is a <a href="page.php?w=dimensionless_number">dimensionless number</a> that characterizes the range of angles over which the system can accept or emit light. By incorporating <a href="page.php?w=index_of_refraction">index of refraction</a> in its definition,  has the property that it is constant for a beam as it goes from one material to another, provided there is no <a href="page.php?w=refractive_power">refractive power</a></p><p>
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