WIDE-ANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wide-angle mean? 

• WIDE-ANGLE (adjective)
  The adjective WIDE-ANGLE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to a fisheye lens

  Familiarity information: WIDE-ANGLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIDE-ANGLE (adjective)

Comparative: wider-angle   
Superlative: widest-angle   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a fisheye lens

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

fisheye; wide-angle

Pertainym:

wide-angle lens (a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery)

 Context examples 

The image was taken from an altitude of 167 feet (51 meters) above the comet's surface by the spacecraft's OSIRIS wide-angle camera on Sept. 30.

(Final Descent Image from Rosetta Spacecraft, NASA)

Having sent back multiple still images via their wide-angle and stereo cameras, Minerva-II1B has now sent back the first video of the mission.

(First Ever Video of Asteroid Sent Back to Earth by Japanese Rovers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

JunoCam is a color, visible-light camera which offers a wide-angle field of view designed to capture remarkable pictures of Jupiter's poles and cloud tops.

(NASA's Juno Mission Detects Jupiter Wave Trains, NASA)