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What type of glass lenses are fatter in the middle than at the edges called?
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Convex lens are thicker in the middle.
Concave lens are thinner in the middle.
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Convex lenses are in the middle and at the edges?
thicker, thinner
What are lenses with thick centers and thin edges called?
Convex lenses
How are convex and concave lenses different from each other?
Convex lenses are thicker in the middle than at the edges. They cause light rays to converge. Concave lenses are thicker at the edges than they are in the middle. They cause light rays to spread out, or diverge.
What is the difference between a concave and convex lens?
Convex lenses are thicker in the middle than at the edges. They refract toward the center. Only people have convex lenses. Concave lenses are used in telescopes and glasses. Concave lenses are thinner in the middle than at the edges. When light passes through concave lenses always bend away from each other toward the edges of the lens.A convex or "positive" lens is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges. A concave, or "negative" lens is thinner at the middle and thicker at the edges. Convex lenses project a real image behind the lens; concave lenses project a virtual image in front of the lens.
What is the main difference between how convex and concave lenses affect light?
Concave lenses are thicker at the edges then at the middle. A Convex lens is a lens that is thicker in the center than at its edges.
What is a lens has a center that is thicker than its edges?
A convex lens.
Concave and convex glasses?
Glasses may have convex or concave lenses, depending on the needs of the wearer. A lense for correcting myopia (near-sightedness) is concave, being thinner in the middle than at the edges. A lense correcting hyperopia (farsightedness) is convex, buldging in the middle and becoming thinner toward the edges.
What is a piece of clear material that is thinner in the middle and thicker around the edges?
A convex lens typically fits this description. Convex lenses are thinner in the middle and thicker around the edges, causing light rays passing through them to converge.
What causes light rays to bend inward and objects look bigger or an image is formed?
because of the lenses it is thicker in the middle thinner on edges
What is a lens called if it is thicker in the middle than at the edges?
It is called a convex lens.
What is a concave lens?
A lens that is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges is called a concave lens.
What type of lens is used in spectacles to correct long sightedness?
Convex lenses, which magnify, correct hyperopia. Below, is a previous wiki answer to this question in detail.Convex are thicker in the middle and thin out at the edges. These lenses magnify and are used for reading glasses and to correct long-sightedness (hyperopia).Concave lenses are thin in the middle and thick towards the edges. These lenses shrink things and are used to correct short-sightedness (myopia).A good example of this is to take a spoon and look at your reflection in it. Looking at the concave side of the spoon (the front) will make you look smaller, looking at the convex side of the spoon (the back) will make you look biggeRead more: Which_type_of_lens_magnifies_-_convex_or_concave
