CONCAVE LENS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lens such that a parallel beam of light passing through it is caused to diverge or spread out

Synonyms:

concave lens; diverging lens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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