Word Meanings - WIDE-ANGLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing

Additional info about word: WIDE-ANGLE

Having or covering an angle wider than the ordinary; -- applied to certain lenses of relatively short focus. Lenses for ordinary purposes have an angle of 50º or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100º and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted.

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• APPLICABLE
  Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv.
• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• PHOTOGRAPHIC; PHOTOGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to photography; obtained by photography; used ib photography; as a photographic picture; a photographic camera. -- Pho`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. Photographic printing, the process of obtaining pictures, as on chemically
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
• APPLICATIVE
  Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• COVERLET
  The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
• ANGLE
  A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses." Chaucer. 5. Etym: (more info) 1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• APPLICANCY
  The quality or state of being applicable.
• COVERCLE
  A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
• APPLICABILITY
  The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied.
• SHORT CIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• PHOTOGRAPHER
  One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.
• SHORT-HANDED
  Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
• SHORTHEAD
  A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
• APPLICATORILY
  By way of application.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• FOCUS
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• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• LITHOPHOTOGRAPHY
  See PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY
• RECOVER
  To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
• MICROPHOTOGRAPH
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• UNAPPLIABLE
  Inapplicable. Milton.
• ASCERTAINMENT
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  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
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  The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
• QUINQUEANGLED
  Having five angles; quinquangular.
• TRIANGLE
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