magnetic lens

noun

a magnetic field with axial symmetry capable of converging a beam of charged particles of uniform velocity and of forming images of objects placed in the path of such beam

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Meanings

nounmagnetic lens (plural magnetic lenses)

plural magnetic lenses

  1. natural sciencesa magnetic field with axial symmetry capable of converging a beam of charged particles of uniform velocity and of forming images of objects placed in the path of such beam
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