lenslet
English
Etymology
lens + -let
Noun
lenslet (plural lenslets)
- (physics) A small lens that is part of an array used to generate illumination of uniform intensity
- 1958 August 1, 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:
- The photo plate is traversed so that each lenslet tracks along the dotted line.
- 1992, Mohammad A. Karim, Electro-Optical Displays, page 267:
- Screens are now available with lenticular lenslets.
- 2008, Matthew S. Brennesholtz, Projection Displays:
- Typical lenslet integrators in projectors have between 25 and 80 lenslets in each array.
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Anagrams
- Sentell, tellens