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I have yet to meet one that did... strange. In my years of doing graphics it's always been pronounced "fray-nel". Just like quaternion is not "quat-er-nigh-on"

• ggm 4y ago
  Quaternions like monads, do not exist in the circles most people I know live in. Fresnel lenses however do: almost every traffic light uses one.
  • boomlinde 4y ago
    To me, quaternions and fresnel lenses seem kind of similar in this way. Quaternions are ubiquitous in 3D graphics, like fresnel lenses are in traffic lights, yet most people won't talk much about either despite seeing and benefitting from engineering involving them.
    • ggm 4y ago
      That's true. The great thing about maths is that often with the real world, it's maths inside (with or without intel)