Sentence examples for biconvex from inspiring English sources

Lenses may be classified according to their two surfaces as biconvex, plano-convex, concavo-convex (converging meniscus), biconcave, plano-concave, and convexo-concave (diverging meniscus).

A simple biconcave or biconvex lens causes considerable vision distortion if objects are viewed through the periphery of the lens, but, if the back surface of the lens is made concave and the required power is attained by altering the curvature of the front surface, improvement in peripheral vision results.

The lens forming an image in the camera is a converging lens, the simplest form of which is a single biconvex (lentil-shaped) element.

Lens, in anatomy, a nearly transparent biconvex structure suspended behind the iris of the eye, the sole function of which is to focus light rays onto the retina.