Definitions for plano-convex

plano-convex pla·no-con·vex

Spelling: [pley-noh-kon-veks, -kon-veks, -kuh n-]
IPA: /ˌpleɪ noʊˈkɒn vɛks, -kɒnˈvɛks, -kən-/

Plano-Convex is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in plano-convex (-acelnnoopvx).

Definitions for plano-convex

adjective

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

Origin of plano-convex

First recorded in 1655-65; plano-1 + convex

Examples for plano-convex

plano-convex (L)—a term used to describe an object that is flat on one face and convex on the other.

In most plano-convex examples, the plane face is unmodified except for retouch.

But by passing through the plano-convex glass r in their way they form that extremity of the image at b.

If the lens is a plano-convex the focal length is twice the radius of its spherical surfaces.

The two examples with plano-convex cross-sections were unmodified on the plano face except for retouch along the edges.

In fact, a plano-convex crystal lens has been found among the ruins of Nineveh.

A B, is a plano-convex lens, being flat on one side, and convex on the other.

The fourth glume is coriaceous or crustaceous, plano-convex, bisexual, 5-nerved and paleate; palea is as long as the glume.

This experiment is performed with the help of the plano-convex lens, a, and the rays pass through a very narrow aperture at b.

Berry red, containing two plano-convex seeds enveloped in arils.

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