Fraunhofer
Fraunhofer, German pronunciation: [ˈfraʊnhoːfɐ], may refer to:
- Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787–1826), German physicist
- Fraunhofer (crater), a lunar crater
- Fraunhofer Society (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft), a large German research organization with 60 institutes throughout Germany
- Fraunhofer diffraction, far-field diffraction
- Fraunhofer lines, spectral lines of the Sun
- Fraunhofer distance, between near field and far field
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