lens curvature

lens curvature
Linsenkrümmung f

Fachwörterbuch Medizin Englisch-Deutsch. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Schlagen Sie auch in anderen Wörterbüchern nach:

  • Lens (optics) — For other uses, see Lens. A lens. Lenses can be used to focus light. A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which tra …   Wikipedia

  • Lens clock — A lens clock is a mechanical dial caliper that is used to measure dioptric power of a lens. It is a specialized version of a spherometer. A lens clock measures the curvature of a surface, but gives the result in diopters, assuming the lens is… …   Wikipedia

  • Lens (anatomy) — Crystalline lens (anatomy) Light from a single point of a distant object and light from a single point of a near object being brought to a focus by changing the curvature of the lens …   Wikipedia

  • Lens — The transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays onto the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light and creates impulses that go through the optic nerve to the brain). The lens was named after the lentil …   Medical dictionary

  • Curvature — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Curvature >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 curvature curvature curvity curvation Sgm: N 1 incurvature incurvature incurvity| Sgm: N 1 incurvation incurvation Sgm: N 1 bend bend Sgm: N 1 flexure …   English dictionary for students

  • lens — lensless, adj. lenslike, adj. /lenz/, n., pl. lenses, v. n. 1. a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of… …   Universalium

  • curvature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Curving Nouns 1. curvature, curving, curvity, curvation; incurvity, incurvation; flexure, crook, hook, bend[ing]; deflection, inflection; arcuation, devexity, turn; recurvity, recurvation; rotundity;… …   English dictionary for students

  • curvature of field — Optics. a monochromatic aberration of a lens or other optical system in which the focal surface is curved, the refracted image of an object oriented perpendicular to the axis of the lens lying on a curved surface rather than in a plane… …   Universalium

  • curvature of field — F/A/V a blurry appearance around the edge of an otherwise in focus object (or the reverse) when the velocity of light going through the lens is different at the edges than at the center of the surface, due to the lens design …   Audio and video glossary

  • curvature of field — a defect in an optical system that results in points on an object plane perpendicular to the axis being imaged on a curved surface rather than on a plane * * * Optics. a monochromatic aberration of a lens or other optical system in which the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Corrective lens — A bifocal corrective eyeglass lens A pair of contact le …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”