English Explanatory Dictionary

fisheye lens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.

Word forms

fisheye lens fisheye lenses fish-eye lens

Etymology

Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.

Related words

normal lens telephoto lens
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