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superlens.

Any of several lenses, often built using material with negative refractive index, that can resolve images having dimensions less than that of the wavelength of light used.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Any of several lenses, often built using material with negative refractive index, that can resolve images having dimensions less than that of the wavelength of light used.

  2. A kind of compound lenslet array system.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Latin lēns Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa)sl. Medieval Latin lēnsbor. English lens English superlens From super- + lens.

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