crossed cylinder
crossed cylinder
[¦krȯst ′sil·ən·dər] (optics)
A thin lens whose surfaces are portions of circular cylinders whose axes cross at right angles or obliquely.
A weak lens whose effect is equivalent to that of lenses with convex and concave cylindrical surfaces of equal curvature crossed at right angles.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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