converging lens
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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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For example, a powerful converging lens will focus parallel light rays closer to itself and will have a smaller focal length than a weak lens.
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For a converging lens, the focal point is the point at which converging light rays cross; for a diverging lens, the focal point is the point from which diverging light rays appear to originate.
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A student wishes to predict the magnification of an image given the distance from the object to a converging lens with an unknown index of refraction.
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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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