lensletn.
/ˈlɛnzlɪt/ A small lens, esp. one of many in a compound eye or a lenticular film.
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1956 J. S. Courtney-Pratt in Naslin & Vivie Actes du 2ème Congrès Internat. de Photogr. et Cinématogr. Ultra-Rapides 153/1 A plate embossed with a large number of small lenslets.
1961 New Scientist 30 Nov. 570/3 Adjacent lenslets of an insect eye are coherently illuminated by a small source.
1962 W. G. Hyzer Engin. & Sci. High-speed Photogr. i. 42 A lenticular plate, comprised of an array of spherical lenslets, is employed to produce a corresponding array of spots on the photo-sensitive film.
1978 Sci. Amer. Dec. 98/1 (caption) Hexagonal array of lenslets in the refracting compound eye of the diamondback moth (family Plutellidae) is clearly visible in a scanning electron micrograph.
1984 L. W. Wallis Electronic Typesetting i. 6 Lenslets associated with each character diverted the images to a common optical path.
1992 N.Y. Times 17 Mar. c8/3 Light from the telescope's mirror will be split up among many tiny lenses arranged in an array pattern. Each ‘lenslet’..will focus its own little image of the star on its own light detector.
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