rectigraphn.
/ˈrɛktᵻɡrɑːf/, /ˈrɛktᵻɡraf/, U.S. /ˈrɛktəˌɡræf/ Photography. Now disused.
A lens or system of lenses that is corrected for aberration so as to reproduce straight lines and parallel lines correctly. Also rectigraph lens. Cf. rectilinear adj. 4d.
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portrait lens1852
short-focus lens1862
periscope1865
rectilinear1867
pantoscope1868
wide-angle1868
long lens1876
apochromatic1887
anastigmat1890
concentric lens1890
euryscope1890
landscape lens1890
rectigraph1890
symmetrical1890
concentric1893
telelens1893
telephoto1894
monocle1897
stigmat1901
stigmatic1902
Long Tom1910
zoom lens1932
Panavision1955
teleconverter1959
macro lens1961
zoom1969
macro1971
1890 W. E. Woodbury Encycl. Photogr. 602 Rectigraph, a name given to a class of corrected lenses.
1891 Photogr. Ann. I. 382 The Combination ‘Rectigraph’.
1895 Advt. in W. J. Davis Token Coinage Warwickshire 136 The 1895 Instantograph... With patent rectigraph lens and see-saw shutter in place of instantaneous lens.
1901 M. W. Travers Exper. Study Gases vi. 57 A pair of convex lenses is often introduced into the system to act as a rectigraph.
1904 Price List Gen. Photogr. Apparatus & Equipm. (Kodak Ltd.) (1979) 30 If with Rectigraph Lens in place of Instantaneous Lens, extra cost.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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