converging lens
nounOptics.
a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.
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- Also called positive lens.
- Compare diverging lens.
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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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