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calibrated focal length
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[photogrammetry]
An adjusted value of the focal length of a camera or sensor that minimizes distortion and best approximates an ideal camera geometry and determines interior orientation in photogrammetric computations. Calculated to equalize the positive and negative values of distortion over the entire field used by the camera or sensor.