'Wide-angle' definitions:
Definition of 'wide-angle'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a fisheye lens [syn: fisheye, wide- angle]
Definition of 'Wide-angle'
From: GCIDE
- Wide-angle \Wide"-an`gle\, a. (Photog. & Optics) 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 50[deg] or less. Wide-angle lenses may cover as much as 100[deg] and are useful for photographing at short range, but the pictures appear distorted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] [1913 Webster]