Lentes
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 plural of lens form-of, plural, rare
"After many vaine attempts to measure the circles made by coloured rays alone I at last thought of casting colours vpon a white paper, either by a speculum or immediatly by a Prisme which turned about its axis might make all yᵉ colours succed on yᵉ same pt of the paper; Or by casting integrated light on a paper wᶜʰ might bee varyed into all colours successively by stopping yᵉ rest. Then I laid the lentes so that they wanted 3 or 4 rings depth of touching."
Example
More examples"After many vaine attempts to measure the circles made by coloured rays alone I at last thought of casting colours vpon a white paper, either by a speculum or immediatly by a Prisme which turned about its axis might make all yᵉ colours succed on yᵉ same pt of the paper; Or by casting integrated light on a paper wᶜʰ might bee varyed into all colours successively by stopping yᵉ rest. Then I laid the lentes so that they wanted 3 or 4 rings depth of touching."
Etymology
From Latin lentēs, plural of lēns.
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