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Fresnel lens

Fresnel lens noun: the hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.

fresnel lens: the hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern
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Noun

Fresnel lens (plural Fresnel lenses)

  1. The hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
    Synonyms:
    echelon lens

Fresnel lens meaning in Tamil

Fresnel lens in Tamil

பிரனெல் வில்லை

Synonyms of Fresnel lens

Forms of Fresnel lens

pluralFresnel lenses

Origin of Fresnel lens

Named after French physicist and inventor Augustin-Jean Fresnel.

Questions about Fresnel lens

What does Fresnel lens mean?
Fresnel lens means the hollow cylindrical lens used in the Fresnel lantern.
What is Fresnel lens in Tamil?
Fresnel lens in Tamil is பிரனெல் வில்லை. See Fresnel lens meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Fresnel lens?
Fresnel lens is a noun.
What is the plural of Fresnel lens?
The plural of Fresnel lens is Fresnel lenses.

Words near Fresnel lens in the dictionary

  1. fresnel
  2. Fresnel lamp
  3. Fresnel lamps
  4. Fresnel lantern
  5. Fresnel lanterns
  6. Fresnel lens
  7. Fresnel lenses
  8. Fresnel number
  9. Fresnel numbers
  10. Fresnel reflection
  11. Fresnel reflections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Fresnel lens (page history and authors); fresnel lens (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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