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A wide-angle lens having an extremely wide field of view (approaching or exceeding 180 degrees) and producing images that are circular or distorted by curvature at the edges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Antonyms: none provided
a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wide-angle lens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: camera lens, optical lens
Coined in 1906 by the American physicist Robert W. Wood.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
objectiu ull de peix
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Catalan:
ull de peix
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Czech:
objektiv rybí oko
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Czech:
rybí oko
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Danish:
fiskeøjeobjektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Dutch:
visoogobjectief
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Dutch:
fisheye-objectief
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Dutch:
fisheye
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Estonian:
kalasilm
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Finnish:
kalansilmäobjektiivi
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Finnish:
kalansilmä
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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French:
objectif fisheye
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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French:
fisheye
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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French:
objectif hypergone
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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German:
Fischaugenobjektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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German:
Fischaugen-Objektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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German:
Fischauge
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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German:
Fischaugenlinse
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Hungarian:
halszemoptika
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Italian:
fisheye
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Italian:
fish-eye
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Japanese:
魚眼レンズ
(gyogan renzu)
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fiskeøyeobjektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fisheye-objektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fiskeaugeobjektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fisheye-objektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Polish:
rybie oko
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Portuguese:
objetiva olho-de-peixe
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Portuguese:
objetiva olho de peixe
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Russian:
ры́бий глаз
(rýbij glaz)
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Spanish:
objetivo ojo de pez
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Spanish:
ojo de pez
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Swedish:
fiskögeobjektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Swedish:
fisheye-objektiv
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
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Turkish:
balıkgözü objektif
— wide-angle lens with extremely wide field of view
