plano-convex
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of plano-convex
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A complete plano-convex ingot has been uncovered in Sweden for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025
To test the new method, the researchers first created a simple plano-convex lens and showed that it had an imaging resolution comparable to a commercial glass lens with the same physical dimensions.
From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024
Figure 27.35 “Newton's rings” interference fringes are produced when two plano-convex lenses are placed together with their plane surfaces in contact.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Panicum Crus-galli L. Florets oval, white, yellowish gray or brown, 2.4–3 mm. long, plano-convex, glume on the convex side, highly polished, three obscure longitudinal nerves.
From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by W. J. (William James) Beal
This was the suggestion to use two plano-convex lenses, placed at a prescribed distance apart, in lieu of the single double-convex lens generally used.
From A History of Science — Volume 4 by Henry Smith Williams
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