CONCAVE LENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concave lens mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCAVE LENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

concave lens; diverging lens

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)