"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)

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