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biconvex
[bahy-kon-veks, bahy-kon-veks]
biconvex
/ ˌbaɪkɒnˈvɛks, baɪˈkɒnvɛks /
adjective
(of a lens) having convex faces on both sides; convexo-convex
biconvex
Convex on both sides or surfaces.
Other Word Forms
- biconvexity noun
Example Sentences
The other is Google Cardboard: a nifty kit that sells for $15 and that holds a smartphone in place in front of biconvex lenses.
Tube of corolla cylindrical, enlarging above; upper lip arched, compressed, straight in front; the lower erect-spreading, biconvex, 3-lobed at the apex.
Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.
The lens is biconvex in diurnal mammals, but in nocturnal and aquatic it is spherical.
The red blood-corpuscles are invariably oval disks, with a central nucleus which causes a slight swelling; hence they are oval and biconvex.
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