wide-angle
adjective
wide-an·gle
ˈwīd-ˈaŋ-gəl 
1
: having or covering an angle of view wider than the ordinary
—used especially of lenses of shorter than normal focal length
2
: having, involving the use of, or relating to a wide-angle lens
a wide-angle shot
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Expand your outlook with a wide-angle lens that steers you beyond doom and gloom to bigger possibilities.
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The Yoga Tab Plus has a 13MP main shooter, a 2MP macro camera on the back, and a 13MP wide-angle selfie camera.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Finch looks at the game, and his team’s underwhelming start to the season, through a wide-angle lens.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The device features two lenses — a wide-angle one and an auto-tracking one — and an optional AI analysis feature that keeps track of and summarizes the bath’s visitors.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The Yoga Tab Plus has a 13MP main shooter, a 2MP macro camera on the back, and a 13MP wide-angle selfie camera.
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Finch looks at the game, and his team’s underwhelming start to the season, through a wide-angle lens.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The device features two lenses — a wide-angle one and an auto-tracking one — and an optional AI analysis feature that keeps track of and summarizes the bath’s visitors.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Wide-angle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wide-angle. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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