'Fres'nel' lan'tern' definitions:

Definition of 'Fres'nel' lan'tern'

From: GCIDE

Fresnel lamp \Fres`nel" lamp"\, Fres'nel' lan'tern \Fres'nel' lan'tern\[From Fresnel the inventor, a French physicist.] A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens. [1913 Webster]