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noun

a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.

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Also called wedge.

Words nearby optical wedge

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How to use optical wedge in a sentence

The execution of two police officers in cold blood has shocked the city and driven a deeper wedge between the cops and the mayor.
Two Cops ‘Assassinated’ in Brooklyn|Michael Daly|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its 8-megapixel camera, inclusive of true-tone and dual-LED f/2.2 aperture flashes, features optical image stabilization.
Why Every Home Needs a Drone This Holiday|Charlie Gilbert|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A decade ago, gays were a wedge issue used by Republicans to energize the base.
It Gets Better—but Mostly if You Live in a Rich, Democratic Country|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In recent years there have been many issues driving a wedge between Riyadh and Washington.
Saudi Arabia’s Comic Book Fatwa|Christopher Dickey|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bevin, along with state and national Democrats, delight in trying to drive a wedge between McConnell and Paul.
Can ‘the Traitor’ Jesse Benton Unite the GOP?|Sam Youngman|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The burning atmosphere, the motionless air caused doubtless the optical illusion.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
I dont think much of this jam pie, complained Chet, holding up a wedge that he had taken from his sisters basket.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
It should be fixed in the head by means of a thin, barbed iron wedge.
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She was possessed with the idea that there was but one person in San Francisco that day, no matter what the optical delusion.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton