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lens

/ lens /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Type of:
optical device
Kinds of:
anastigmat anastigmatic lens camera lens optical lens compound lens
Has parts:
optical instrument
noun Sense 2
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
Type of:
electronic equipment
noun Sense 3
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; it focuses light waves on the retina
Type of:
organ
Has parts:
eye oculus optic
noun Sense 4
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
"the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
Type of:
channel communication channel line
Domain:
trope figure of speech figure
noun Sense 5
genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
Type of:
rosid dicot genus
Has parts:
Papilionoideae subfamily Papilionoideae
Semantic Complexity
90%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
18
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

optical device anastigmat anastigmatic lens camera lens optical lens compound lens electronic equipment organ channel communication channel line rosid dicot genus