converging lens

1. 1.

   lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus

   Synonymsconvex lens

   Broaderlens

   Narrowersunglass

Questions about converging lens

What does converging lens mean?

converging lens means "lens such that a beam of light passing through it is brought to a point or focus".

What is another word for converging lens?

Close synonyms include convex lens. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is converging lens a common word?

converging lens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.