lenslet

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noun

A small lens that is part of an array used to generate illumination of uniform intensity

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nounlenslet (plural lenslets)

plural lenslets

  1. natural sciencesA small lens that is part of an array used to generate illumination of uniform intensity

    Screens are now available with lenticular lenslets.

    1992, Mohammad A. Karim, Electro-Optical Displays, page 267
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    The photo plate is traversed so that each lenslet tracks along the dotted line.

    1958 August 28, Charles M. Huggins, “An Analytical Evaluation of the Lenticular-Plate Cinemicrograph and the Image-Dissection Process”, in Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, volume 67, number 8, page 523

    Typical lenslet integrators in projectors have between 25 and 80 lenslets in each array.

    2008, Matthew S. Brennesholtz, Projection Displays

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