"convex lens" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: convex lenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} convex lens (plural convex lenses)
  1. (optics) A lens having at least one convex surface, such that light passing through it may be brought to a focus. Categories (topical): Optics Synonyms: converging lens Translations (lens having at least one convex surface): Sammellinse [feminine] (German), Konvexlinse [feminine] (German), arotahi koropuku (Maori)
    Sense id: en-convex_lens-en-noun-A0OLq71n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics

Inflected forms

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