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converging lens

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noun

Optics.
  1. a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.


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A ray entering a converging lens through its focal point exits parallel to its axis.

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Figure 25.36 uses ray tracing to show how an image is formed when an object is held closer to a converging lens than its focal length.

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The loss of the ability to accommodate with age is called presbyopia, which is corrected by the use of a converging lens to add power for close vision.

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Figure 26.7 Correction of farsightedness uses a converging lens that compensates for the under convergence by the eye.

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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.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various

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