Lensmaker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lensmaker is a noun meaning A manufacturer of lenses.
Meaning
A manufacturer of lenses.
Example Sentences
In 1608, the German-Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey became the first person to apply for a patent for what we now call the telescope.
The field’s practitioners believe that as they learn to read the universe using neutrinos, they could make new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have imagined that Galileo would later use it to discover the moons of Jupiter.
Word Forms
- lensmakers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lensman, lampmaker, lenswoman, lenser, optician, lockmaker.
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