Meaning of lensmaker | Babel Free
Definitions
A manufacturer of lenses.
Examples
“In 1608, the German-Dutch lensmaker Hans Lippershey became the first person to apply⟳ for a patent for what we now call⟳ the telescope.”
“The field’s practitioners believe⟳ that as they learn⟳ to read⟳ the universe using neutrinos, they could make⟳ new, unexpected discoveries — much as the lensmakers who first developed the telescope could not have⟳ imagined that Galileo would later use⟳ it to discover⟳ the moons of Jupiter.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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