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平凸レンズ (heitotsurenzu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

平へい凸とつレンズ

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Meanings

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plano-convex lens

A lens with one flat surface and one convex surface. Used in optics and photography.

See also: 平凹レンズ

平へい凸とつレンズは、平へい行こう光こう線せんを一いっ点てんに集あつめるの

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A plano-convex lens is used to focus parallel light rays to a point.

Kanji

平even, flat, peace
凸convex, beetle brow, uneven

Related words

平へい凹おうレンズ
A plano-concave lens, which has one flat and one concave surface, diverging light instead of converging it.

Built from

平へい+凸とつレンズ

Etymology

Compound of 平 (flat) + 凸 (convex) + レンズ (lens).