Lens

What do we mean by lens?

A ground or molded piece of glass, plastic, or other transparent material with opposite surfaces either or both of which are curved, by means of which light rays are refracted so that they converge or diverge to form an image. noun

A combination of two or more such pieces, sometimes with other optical devices such as prisms, used to form an image for viewing or photographing. noun

A thin piece of glass or plastic, as on a pair of sunglasses, that transmits light without refraction. noun

A device or phenomenon (such as a gravitational field) that causes light or other radiation to converge or diverge by an action analogous to that of a lens. noun

A transparent, biconvex structure in the eye of a vertebrate or cephalopod that is located between the iris and the vitreous humor and focuses light rays entering through the pupil to form an image on the retina. noun

A similar structure in many invertebrates. noun

To make a photograph or movie of. transitive verb

To bend or distort (light, for example) by means of a lens, especially a gravitational field. transitive verb

A genus of dicotyledonous plants of the family Mimosaceæ. There are about 14 species, of which the best-known is L. phaseoloides, the match-box bean or simitar-pod. See Entada, gogo, sea-bean, 1, and simitar-pod. noun

In entomology: The crystalline lens or cone. noun

One of the facets of the compound eye. noun

In geology, a body of ore having a lenticular shape. noun

A surface-condenser made of two round, dished plates bolted together, resembling in form a double-convex lens. noun

A piece of transparent substance bounded by two curved surfaces (usually spherical), or by a curved surface and a plane. noun

In anatomy, in the eye, a double-convex body placed in the axis of vision behind the iris between the aqueous humor and the vitreous humor, serving to focus rays of light upon the retina; the crystalline lens. See first cut under eye. noun

Figuratively, photography, from the use of lenses in that art. noun

A genus of leguminous plants of the tribe Vicieæ. noun

A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. noun

A double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. noun

An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.

A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.

A genus of the legume family; its bean.

The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

(earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.

A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.

(by extension) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

Words that are spelled similarly to lens:
lens.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lens:
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Words that rhyme with lens:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe lens:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective lens:
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Consonant match to lens:
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Words that sound like lens:
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