Definitions

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  • noun A microscopic lens

Etymologies

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micro- +‎ lens

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Examples

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Shan-Yu Lin has developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Shan-Yu Lin has developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Newswise - Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • a new nanotechnology-based "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "microlens" that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging and could lead to a new generation of ultra-powerful satellite cameras and night-vision devices.

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Where the Better Life Index takes a telling and important snapshot at 30,000 feet, the American Human Development HD Index uses a microlens.

    Kristen Lewis: Measuring a Better Life Kristen Lewis 2011

  • Where the Better Life Index takes a telling and important snapshot at 30,000 feet, the American Human Development HD Index uses a microlens.

    Kristen Lewis: Measuring a Better Life Kristen Lewis 2011

  • Where the Better Life Index takes a telling and important snapshot at 30,000 feet, the American Human Development HD Index uses a microlens.

    Kristen Lewis: Measuring a Better Life Kristen Lewis 2011

  • The T2i pulls from the higher-end 7D almost the same way the T1i pulled from the 50D, though it has its own unique sensor that simply borrows the gapless microlens tech from the 7D, which was supposedly why it could cram 18MP onto an APS-C-sized chip with noise the size of boulders.

    New Canon Camera | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • So maybe light passing through regions of dark matter would microlens around black holes that are statistically more massive than regions free of dark matter.

    What’s the (Dark) Matter? John 2008

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