Usually means: Lens curved outward on one side.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (planoconvex)

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

Similar:
convex, bulging, planoconcave, concavo-convex, concavoconvex, convexoplane, biconcave, biconvex, equiconvex, plano-convex, more...

Opposite:
biconcave, concave-convex, meniscus-shaped

Phrases:
planoconvex lens, more...

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Similar:
convex, bulging, planoconcave, concavo-convex, concavoconvex, convexoplane, biconcave, biconvex, equiconvex, plano-convex, more...

Opposite:
biconcave, concave-convex, meniscus-shaped

Phrases:
planoconvex lens, more...



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