单词 | platyscopic |
释义 | > as lemmasplatyscopic platyscopic adj. Brit. , U.S. now historical designating a type of magnifying glass containing a combination of lenses, giving a wide field of view with reduced aberration.ΚΠ 1881 Nature 8 Sept. p. cxxxviii A new Platyscopic Lens of lower power and a larger field than..previously made. 1893 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 2/1 Six months in the fields with a platyscopic lens would teach them strange things about the world around them. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 394/2 By introducing a dispersive lens of flint the magnifying glass could be corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberrations. Browning's ‘platyscopic’ lens and the Steinheil ‘aplanatic’ lens are of this type. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。