plastic lens
Lightweight eyeglass component
A plastic lens is an optical lens made from synthetic polymers rather than glass.
Plastic lenses dominate eyewear because they're lighter, more impact-resistant, and easier to shape than glass: Her new glasses have plastic lenses with anti-reflective coating.
They scratch more easily than glass but can be treated with protective coatings.
- opticOf the eye
- acrylicSynthetic resin or fiber
- polycarbonateStrong transparent synthetic polymer
- injection moldingManufacturing via pressurized cavities
- eyeglassLens aiding vision
contact · disposable contacts · eye care · magnifying · camera · wide angle · focus · refraction · clarity · lightweight · scratch · scratch resistant · coating · prescription · corrective · bifocal · UV · transparent
- lensesmultifocal, progressive, single vision, plano-convex, biconvex
- light refractersprism, glass, crystal, water, diamond
- camera lenses50mm, telephoto, focal length, wide angle, 35mm