converging lens
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To use a convex lens as a magnifier, the object must be closer to the 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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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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