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Petzval lens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A photographic lens consisting of two doublet lenses with an aperture stop in between.

Word forms

Petzval lens Petzval lenses

Etymology

Developed in 1840 by Joseph Petzval.

Related words

Petzval condition Petzval sum
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