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Definition of Biconvex
1. Adjective. Convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil.
Definition of Biconvex
1. a. Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.
Definition of Biconvex
1. Adjective. Having both sides convex ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biconvex
1. convex on both sides [adj]
Medical Definition of Biconvex
1. Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biconvex
Literary usage of Biconvex
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1905)
"Diagrams to illustrate the formation of an image by a biconvex lens: a. Formation of
the image of a point; 6, formation of the images of a-series of points. ..."
2. The American Amateur Photographer (1891)
"Unlike double or biconvex lenses, biconcave have only virtual foci, whatever the
... biconvex—Lat. bis, and convexus, to bring together—Lenses whose two ..."
3. An Elementary Treatise on Phototopographic Methods and Instruments by John Adolphus Flemer (1906)
"The image of a point at infinite distance from the biconvex lens is on the opposite
side of the lens and falls together with its principal focus. ..."
4. The Physiology of the Senses by John Gray M'Kendrick, William Snodgrass (1907)
"Formation of Images by biconvex Lenses.—Any object at which we look may be regarded
as made up of an aggregation of points, each of which sends a pencil of ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Eye by Robert Brudenell Carter, John Green (1876)
"The lens, Fig 28, 1, is biconvex, four inches in diameter and of eight inches
focal length; it is held in a plain ring setting, and is mounted on the column ..."
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