Definitions for plano-concave

plano-concave pla·no-con·cave

Spelling: [pley-noh-kon-keyv, -kon-keyv]
IPA: /ˌpleɪ noʊˈkɒn keɪv, -kɒnˈkeɪv/

Plano-Concave is a 13 letter English word.

You can make 468 anagrams from letters in plano-concave (-aaccelnnoopv).

Definitions for plano-concave

adjective

  1. pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.

Origin of plano-concave

First recorded in 1685-95; plano-1 + concave

Examples for plano-concave

The chromatic combination consists of a convex lens of crown backed by a concave, or plano-concave, lens of flint.

The achromatic lens consists of a double convex lens of crown glass combined with a plano-concave lens of flint glass.

If one of the radii becomes infinite, the lens is plano-concave (fig. 9, 5).

plano-concave and double concave lenses produced similar effects.

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