Usually means: Lens thinner at center, diverging.
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  1. planoconcave: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  3. planoconcave: Wiktionary
  4. planoconcave: Dictionary.com
  5. planoconcave: Rhymezone
  6. planoconcave: FreeDictionary.org
  7. planoconcave: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. planoconcave: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  3. planoconcave: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (planoconcave)

▸ adjective:  (optics, of a lens) Having one side plane and the other concave

Similar:
concave, planoconvex, concavo-convex, biconcave, concavoconvex, convexoplane, equiconvex, planoconical, plano-convex, convexoconcave, more...

Opposite:
convex, bulging, rounded

Types:
planoconcave lens, planoconcave mirror, planoconcave prism, more...

Phrases:
planoconcave lens, more...

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Similar:
concave, planoconvex, concavo-convex, biconcave, concavoconvex, convexoplane, equiconvex, planoconical, plano-convex, convexoconcave, more...

Opposite:
convex, bulging, rounded

Types:
planoconcave lens, planoconcave mirror, planoconcave prism, more...

Phrases:
planoconcave lens, more...



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