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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A magnifying glass consisting of a single thick lens with a central deep groove diaphragm at the equator, limiting the rays to those close to the axis and minimizing spherical aberration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Popularized and refined by Henry Coddington.
