Note: Under "wollastonite" the eponymous inventor is described as a chemist. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
WOLLASTON (W. H.) — WOLLASTON WILLIAM HYDE (1766 1828) Savant anglais que ses nombreuses contributions à la chimie et à la physique, sur le plan théorique comme sur celui des applications, placent au premier rang des hommes de science de son temps. Né à East Dereham … Encyclopédie Universelle
Doublet — Doub let, n. [In sense 3, OF. doublet; in sense 4, F. doublet, dim. of double double. See {Double}, a.] 1. Two of the same kind; a pair; a couple. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A word or words unintentionally doubled or set up a second time. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wollaston doublet — Woll·as·ton doublet (woolґəs tən) [William Hyde Wollaston, English physician, 1766–1828] see under doublet … Medical dictionary
wollaston doublet — ˈwu̇ləstən noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after William H. Wollaston died 1828 : a magnifying glass made of two plano convex lenses and designed to correct spherical and chromatic aberration … Useful english dictionary
doublet — 1. A combination of two lenses designed to correct the chromatic and spherical aberration. 2. SYN: dipole. 3. Any sequence of two nucleotides in a polynucleotide strand. 4. A closely spaced pair of peaks or lines in a spectrum … Medical dictionary
Wollaston — William H., English physician and physicist, 1766–1828. See W. doublet, W. theory … Medical dictionary
doblete de Wollaston — Eng. Wollaston s doublet Sistema óptico compuesto de dos lentes planoconvexas que se emplea para la corrección de la aberración cromática … Diccionario de oftalmología
Wollaston doublet — a microscopical lens consisting of a combination of two planoconvex lenses for correcting chromatic aberration … Medical dictionary
River Nene — River The River Nene at Kislingbury Watermill, Northamptonshir … Wikipedia
List of lens designs — * Achromatic doublet * Apochromatic doublet * Biconcave lens * Biconvex lens * Convex concave lens * Celor lens * Chevalier lens * Cooke Triplet * Dialyt lens * Double Gauss lens * Doublet lens * Eyepiece * Field lens * Fisheye lens * Fresnel… … Wikipedia
