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Petzval lens

Petzval lens noun: a photographic lens consisting of two doublet lenses with an aperture stop in between.

Noun

Petzval lens (plural Petzval lenses)

  1. (historical) A photographic lens consisting of two doublet lenses with an aperture stop in between.

Petzval lens meaning in Tamil

Petzval lens in Tamil

பெட்ஸ்வல் வில்லை

Forms of Petzval lens

pluralPetzval lenses

Origin of Petzval lens

Developed in 1840 by Joseph Petzval.

Questions about Petzval lens

What does Petzval lens mean?
Petzval lens means a photographic lens consisting of two doublet lenses with an aperture stop in between.
What is Petzval lens in Tamil?
Petzval lens in Tamil is பெட்ஸ்வல் வில்லை. See Petzval lens meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Petzval lens?
Petzval lens is a noun.
What is the plural of Petzval lens?
The plural of Petzval lens is Petzval lenses.

Words near Petzval lens in the dictionary

  1. Petzes
  2. petzite
  3. petzites
  4. Petzold
  5. Petzolds
  6. Petzval lens
  7. Petzval lenses
  8. peuce
  9. peucedanin
  10. peucedanoid
  11. peucedanum

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Petzval lens (page history and authors); petzval 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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