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What Do You Mean by a Lens?

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What do you mean by a lens?
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A lens may be defined as a transparent refracting medium bounded by two curved surfaces which are generally spherical.
 
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Chapter 2: Light - Exercise 2.2 i [Page 101]

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Frank Physics Part 2 [English] Class 10 ICSE
Chapter 2 Light
Exercise 2.2 i | Q 1 | Page 101

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