Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superlens

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-lens
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

A kind of compound lenslet array system.

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

superlenses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

superlensing

Questions

What does superlens mean?: 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.
Where does superlens come 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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