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An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light.
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The reciprocal of the focal distance of a lens, used as measure of the divergence or convergence of a pencil of rays.
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A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
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A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
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The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses.
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The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis.
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A kind of watch crystal which is more than ordinarily flattened in the center; also, a species of convexoconcave lens for spectacles.
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Assisting sight, as a lens or the like.
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An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.
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A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
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An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once.
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An instrument for measuring the curvature of spherical surface, as of lenses for telescope, etc.
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To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
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One of the transparent lenslike cells in the ocelli of certain arthropods.
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A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
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Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens.
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A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
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The art or process of exhibiting luminous images, especially those of external objects, in a darkened room, by arrangements of lenses or mirrors.
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