Meanings
nounWollaston's doublet (plural Wollaston's doublets)
plural Wollaston's doublets
- A magnifying glass consisting of two planoconvex lenses, designed to correct spherical aberration and chromatic dispersion.
Origin
After W. H. Wollaston, English physicist.
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Wollaston's doublet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wollaston's%20doublet
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