Lens

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English

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The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background.


Noun

Lens (plural Lenses)
  1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  2. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  3. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
  5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
  6. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
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Related terms

Verb

Lens (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

  1. (transitive) To film, shoot.
  2. (geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

Adjectives for Lens

immense; photographic; concave; shadowy; convex; powerful.

Thesaurus

baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, clear eyes, cornea, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, iris, lid, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, pupil, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, starry orbs, unaided eye, visual organ

Etymology

Latin lēns (“lentil”).

Pronunciation

Translations

Noun

object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it
device which focuses or defocuses electron beams
geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs
biology: genus of the legume family; its bean
anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye
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Verb

to film

Danish

Noun

Lens n.

  1. genitive singular indefinite of len
  2. genitive plural indefinite of len

Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

  1. (optics) optical lens
  2. crystalline lens in the eye

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

  1. harpoon

Verb

lens

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lensen.
  2. imperative of lensen.

Etymology 3

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

  1. alternative form of luns

Etymology 4

Adjective

Lens (comparative lenzer, superlative lenst)

  1. empty
Declension
Declension of Lens
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial Lens lenzer  
neuter
singular 		indefinite Lens lenzer
definite lenze lenzere lenste het lenst(e)
common singular lenze lenzere lenste de lenste
plural lenze lenzere lenste de lenste
partitive lens lenzers  


Derived terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

lēns (genitive lentis); f, third declension

  1. A lentil bean.

Inflection

Number Singular Plural
nominative lēns lentēs
genitive lentis lentum
dative lentī lentibus
accusative lentem lentēs
ablative lente lentibus
vocative lēns lentēs

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

lēns (genitive lendis); f, third declension

  1. nit (egg of a louse)

Descendants

Turkish

Noun

Lensi

  1. contact lens

Declension

Synonyms

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