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∙ 7y agoIt is a concave lens.
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What lenses refract light outward and are thinner in the middle?
its a concave lens(:
How do you draw concave lens?
The shape of a concave lens is such that the middle part is thinner than the edge. If one side of the lens is flat, then the other side will be shaped inward like a cave, kind of like this: [( You can also have a concave lens where both sides are shaped inward, like this: )( You can even have a concave lens where one side is shaped outward, and the other side is shaped inward, as long as the inward-shaped side is more dramatic than the outward-shaped side.
What is the lens closest to the slide on a microscope called?
The objective lens
A transparent object that refracts light to form an image is called what?
You are thinking of a lens. If it is to form an image you need a convex lens, also called a converging lens.
What lens produces the image to be upside down and reversed and what is the image called?
convex lens
A mirror or lens that curves outward is?
convex
How does the convex lens look like?
A convex lens curves outward, forming an elliptical shape.
What kind of microscope of lens curves outward like a sphere?
convex
Is a magnifying glass a concave?
A magnifying glass is convex, meaning that the lens curves outward.
What mirror or lens with a surface that curves outward?
convex. Which is easy to remember as the other is a depression like the entrance to a cave...so it is called "concave"
What type of lens curves outwards?
i think it's called fish-eye lens
Is an outward curving lens?
The outward curving of the lens is said to be a convex lens.
What does the term convex mean when one talks about convex lens?
Convex is an adjective that describes something has a surface or boundary that curves or bulges outward. Convex lens are thicker at the center, they do cause light to converge.
A mirror that's curves outward?
A "concave" mirror curves inward. A "convex" mirror curves outward.
What is a lens that curves inward?
covex lens
A convex mirror curves?
outward
A mirror that curves inwards?
Such a mirror is concave.
