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Fresnel lens

Definitions of Fresnel lens
  1. noun
    lens composed of a number of small lenses arranged to make a lightweight lens of large diameter and short focal length
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    type of:
    lens, lens system, lense
    a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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