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A lens with an outward bulge in the middle is called a convex lens. Convex lenses are thicker at the center than at the edges and converge light rays that pass through them, making them useful for magnifying objects or correcting farsightedness. They are commonly found in magnifying glasses, cameras, and eyeglasses for hyperopia.
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What is the white circular area that you see in the microscope?
it some thing on the lens im sure what its called but it marks the middle =)
What is the name for the glass in a magnifying glass?
a lens..a converging lens to be exact
Why is it that in a pair of bifocal glasses the converging lens at the bottom and the diverging lens at the top?
It is a split screen usually the bottom part is cut as the (close up) lens the normal or larger part of the lens is normal- depending on whether one needs primarily distance or close-up correction, or for reading. the bottom lens group is usually secondary, not the main task. Franklin invented bifocal eyeglasses. He also devised the lightning rod, Franklin stove and *Long arm, lever device often used in grocery stores.
Inventor of bifocal glasses?
Benjamin Franklin
How does the lens of a light microscope make things look larger?
Look at your hand - 'end-on' and you see five finger-tips. The effect of the magnifying lens is to 'discard' the fingers to the left and right, and enlarge the image that remains in the center of the field of view.
A lens that is thinner in the middle than the edges is a concave lens?
Actually, a lens that is thinner in the middle than the edges is a convex lens, not a concave lens. Concave lenses are thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, while convex lenses bulge out in the middle.
What kind of microscope of lens curves outward like a sphere?
convex
What lenses refract light outward and are thinner in the middle?
its a concave lens(:
Is an outward curving lens?
An outward curving lens is known as a convex lens. It is thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges, causing light rays passing through it to converge. Convex lenses are commonly used in magnifying glasses, cameras, and eyeglasses to focus and bend light rays towards a focal point.
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 lens is thicker in the center?
A convex lens is thicker in the center. This type of lens bulges outward in the center and is thicker at the middle than at the edges. Concave lenses, on the other hand, are thinner in the center.
What is a lens that bulges outward in the center point?
A lens that bulges outward in the center is called a convex lens. It is thicker in the middle than at the edges and causes light rays passing through it to converge. Convex lenses are commonly used in devices such as cameras, magnifying glasses, and eyeglasses to focus light.
A lens that curves outward is called?
)( is a concave lens() is a convex lens
What kind of lens is thick in the middle?
A converging lens, also known as a convex lens, is typically thick in the middle and causes light rays to converge to a focal point.
How are convex lenses and concave lenses the same?
They are not the same. Convex lens bulge outward, and concave lenses go in ward. Convex lenses focus light, and concave lenses spread light out.
What kind of lens curves out from the middle?
A convex lens curves outwards from the middle. This type of lens converges light rays towards a focal point, commonly used in magnifying glasses and cameras.
What is a lens curved outward called?
A lens curved outward is called a convex lens. This type of lens is thicker at the center than at the edges and causes light rays passing through it to converge to a focal point.
