converging lens

noun

Optics.

a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.

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Intercepting the luminous portion of his spectrum he brought, by a converging lens, the ultra-red rays to a focus, but by this condensation he obtained no light.

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He has permitted a pencil of sun rays to pass through a converging lens upon a cell containing a fragment of an aquatic plant.

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convergent thinking conversable

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