arc of contact
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arc of contact
An obsolete term for the variable distance on the surface of the eyeball on which the bulbar muscles rest prior to inserting in the external scleral surface behind the cornea.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
arc of contact
That portion of an extraocular muscle which wraps around the surface of the globe prior to the insertion of its tendon into the sclera. The point where the muscle first comes into contact with the globe is called the contact point. The arc of contact continually alters its length as the eye rotates. Syn. contact arc.
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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arc of contact on the driver pulley ([beta]) and the coefficient of friction of the driver pulley.
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