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CONVERGING LENS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does converging lens mean?

• CONVERGING LENS (noun)
The noun CONVERGING LENS has 1 sense:

1. lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus

Familiarity information: CONVERGING LENS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CONVERGING LENS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

converging lens; convex lens

Hypernyms ("converging lens" is a kind of...):

lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "converging lens"):

sunglass (a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire)

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