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Cooke triplet

Cooke triplet noun: a photographic lens comprising a negative flint glass element in the centre with a crown glass element on each side.

Noun

Cooke triplet (plural Cooke triplets)

  1. (historical) A photographic lens comprising a negative flint glass element in the centre with a crown glass element on each side.

Forms of Cooke triplet

pluralCooke triplets

Origin of Cooke triplet

Named after the company T. Cooke & Sons of York, whose chief engineer Dennis Taylor designed it in 1893.

Questions about Cooke triplet

What does Cooke triplet mean?
Cooke triplet means a photographic lens comprising a negative flint glass element in the centre with a crown glass element on each side.
What part of speech is Cooke triplet?
Cooke triplet is a noun.
What is the plural of Cooke triplet?
The plural of Cooke triplet is Cooke triplets.

Words near Cooke triplet in the dictionary

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  2. cookbooks
  3. cookdom
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  8. cooked
  9. cooked back
  10. cooked mode
  11. cooked off

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