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Why does the glasses's lens get thicker if your eyesight gets bad?
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∙ 10y ago
Eyeglasses refract light to correct for problems with the eyes. As the light needs to be bent more, the glass needs to be thicker to make the light bend farther.
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∙ 10y ago
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What is a concave lens?
A lens that is thinner in the middle and thicker at the edges is called a concave lens.
What lens is thicker in the middle than the egdes?
convex
What is a lens that refracts light toward a point and are thicker in middle?
They are convex lenses.
Why does the eyesight become foggy sometimes in old age?
I think it's because of the lens, which is covered by the cornea starts to lose it's ability and shape. and slowly the eyesight becomes annoying.
What is spherical lens?
Any convex lens bulges out from each side. It is thicker at the centre of the lens and thinner at the edges. I am supposing that a spherical convex lens has convexity on both sides, but on one of those sides the glass is so curved that it has the shape of part of a sphere.
What part is thicker than the other in a convex lens?
In a convex lens, the middle is thicker than the outer rim. In a concave lens, the outside rim is thicker.
Is a convex lens edge thicker than the middle?
The edges of a convex lens are thicker than the middle.
What part of a convex lens is thicker?
The convex lens are the converging lens. The periphery of the convex lens is thinner & the center part is thicker. In other words, the convex lens are bulging at the center & thinner at the periphery.
What is a lens that is thicker at its center than at its ends?
A biconvex lens.
What lens are thicker at edges than middle?
CONCAVE 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 is a lens that is thicker in the middle than at the edges?
a convex lens
What is a lens has a center that is thicker than its edges?
A convex lens.
A lens that is thicker in the center than at the edges is called a?
Convex lens.
What's the name of a curved lens that is thicker in the middle?
it is a convex lens .
What is a lens that is thinner in the center and thicker at the edges converging lens?
convex
What kind of of lens is thinner on the ends and thicker in the center?
convex lens
