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fisheye lens

fisheye lens noun: a wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.

fisheye lens: a wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and...
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Noun

fisheye lens (plural fisheye lenses)

  1. A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.

Forms of fisheye lens

pluralfisheye lenses
alternative formfish-eye lens

Origin of fisheye lens

Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.

Questions about fisheye lens

What does fisheye lens mean?
Fisheye lens means a wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.
What part of speech is fisheye lens?
Fisheye lens is a noun.
What is the plural of fisheye lens?
The plural of fisheye lens is fisheye lenses.

Words near fisheye lens in the dictionary

  1. fishetarian
  2. fishetarians
  3. fisheth
  4. fishets
  5. fisheye
  6. fisheye lens
  7. fisheye lenses
  8. fisheyed
  9. fisheyeing
  10. fisheyes
  11. fishfag

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