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crown lens
noun
, Optics.
- a lens made of crown glass, usually used as the converging lens component of an achromatic lens.
crown lens
noun
- a lens made of optical crown, esp the optical-crown part of a compound achromatic lens
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crown lens1
First recorded in 1825–35
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