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pla⋅no-con⋅vex

  [pley-noh-kon-veks, -kon-veks, -kuhn-]
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–adjective Optics.
pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.

Origin:
1655–65; plano- 1 + convex
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pla·no·con·vex   (plā'nō-kŏn-věks', -kŏn'věks')   
adj.  Flat on one side and convex on the other: a planoconvex lens.
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Main Entry: pla·no–con·vex
Pronunciation: -(")kän-'veks, -'kän-", -k&n-'
Function: adjective
: flat on one side and convexon the other plano–convex lens>
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planoconvex pla·no·con·vex (plā'nō-kŏn-věks', -kŏn'věks')
n.
Flat on one side and convex on the other.

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