optical lenses
Light-bending glass discs
Optical lenses are curved pieces of transparent material—typically glass or plastic—that bend light to form images.
They focus or disperse light rays, enabling vision correction in eyeglasses and contacts, magnification in microscopes and telescopes, and image capture in cameras.
The photographer switched to a wider optical lens for the landscape shot.
- eyeglassesCorrective lenses worn
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- magnifying glassHandheld lens for enlargement
- convexCurved outward externally
- refractionWave bending between media
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light manipulation mechanism
optical lensesmirrors
Reflective glass surfaces
reflectors · concave mirrors · convex mirrors · prisms · reflecting telescopes