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Petzval lens

noun
Petz·​val lens | \ ˈpetsˌväl-\

Definition of Petzval lens

: a two-element highly achromatized camera objective having low transmission loss

History and Etymology for Petzval lens

after Joseph Petzval †1891 Austrian mathematician and opticist

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