biconvex

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"My helmsman is stationed behind the windows of a pilothouse, which protrudes from the topside of the Nautilus's hull and is fitted with biconvex glass."

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

The power of our beacon was increased a hundredfold, like a lamp shining through the biconvex lenses of a world–class lighthouse.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

The coloured corpuscles of amphibia as well as of nearly all vertebrates below mammals are biconvex and elliptical.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

The crystalline lens is a transparent, biconvex body sustained by the ciliary processes.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

I then examined the fittings of this mechanism, whose power was increased a hundredfold by biconvex lenses that were designed like those in a lighthouse and kept its rays productively focused.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.