Planoconvex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Planoconvex is an adjective meaning (optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
Meaning
(optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other convex.
Example Sentences
I place my Microscope, and then so place either a round Globe of Water, or a very deep clear plano convex Glass (whose convex side is turn'd towards the Window) that there is a great quantity of Rayes collected and thrown upon the Object […].
Synonyms for planoconvex
Depending on context, synonyms include convex, bulging.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include convex, bulging, planoconcave, concavo-convex, concavoconvex, biconcave.
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