lens
Nouns
- (n) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images lense, lens system,
- (n) genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils genus Lens,
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(n) (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
- the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
- (n) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina crystalline lens, lens of the eye,
- (n) electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons electron lens,