A lens having two spherically curved faces, one convex and the other concave, so that it has the form of a shell. A positive meniscus lens is thicker in the middle than at the edges and serves as a converging lens; a negative meniscus lens thickens toward the edges and works as a diverging lens. Ver...
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A lens having a spherical concave curve on one side and a spherical convex curve on the other. ... Synonym: meniscus. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a lens having a spheric concave curve on one side and a spheric convex curve on the other. Synonyms: articular crescent, articular meniscus, intraarticular cartilage2, meniscus articularis, meniscus1
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meniscus lens 1. An element in a single lens in which the curvature centers of both of its surfaces lie on the same side of the lens so that both surfaces are concave or both are convex. 2. A lens with one convex surface and one concave surface.
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