lenslet

noun

lenslet

noun

Etymology From lens + -let.

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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A small lens that is part of an array used to generate illumination of uniform intensity

  • The photo plate is traversed so that each lenslet tracks along the dotted line.1958 August 23, 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:
  • Screens are now available with lenticular lenslets.1992, Mohammad A. Karim, Electro-Optical Displays, page 267:
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  • Typical lenslet integrators in projectors have between 25 and 80 lenslets in each array.2008, Matthew S. Brennesholtz, Projection Displays:

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