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Wollaston's_doublet

Wollaston's doublet

English

Noun

Wollaston's doublet ‎(plural Wollaston's doublets)

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

Etymology

After W. H. Wollaston, English physicist.

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