CODDINGTON LENS


Meaning of CODDINGTON LENS in English

ˈkädiŋtən- noun

Usage: usually capitalized C

Etymology: after Henry Coddington died 1845 English mathematician

: a hand magnifier consisting of a lens made from a glass sphere around which a deep equatorial groove acting as a diaphragm has been cut

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