lenslet

English

Etymology

From lens +‎ -let.

Noun

lenslet (plural lenslets)

1. (physics) A small lens that is part of an array used to generate illumination of uniform intensity
   • 1958 August, Charles M. Huggins, “An Analytical Evaluation of the Lenticular-Plate Cinemicrograph and the Image-Dissection Process”, in Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, volume 67, number 8, page 523:

     The photo plate is traversed so that each lenslet tracks along the dotted line.

   • 1992, Mohammad A. Karim, Electro-Optical Displays, page 267:

     Screens are now available with lenticular lenslets.

   • 2008, Matthew S. Brennesholtz, Projection Displays:

     Typical lenslet integrators in projectors have between 25 and 80 lenslets in each array.

Anagrams

• Sentell, tellens