English Explanatory Dictionary

Wollaston's doublet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A magnifying glass consisting of two planoconvex lenses, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.

Word forms

Wollaston's doublet Wollaston's doublets

Etymology

After W. H. Wollaston, English physicist.

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