Lens

Noun

 * 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)  A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
 * 4)  A genus of the legume family; its bean.
 * 5)  The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
 * 6)  A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
 * 7) * 2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, "Are the Kids All Right?", in The New York Times Magazine, page 11:
 * If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens," worries Child Trends, "it may be more difficult to promote child well-being."

Related terms

 * contact lens
 * lenticel
 * lenticular
 * lenticule
 * lentil

Verb

 * 1)  To film, shoot.
 * 2)  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
lens:.

Noun

 * Arabic: عدسة
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 * Mandarin: 透鏡, 透镜, 鏡片, 镜片, ,
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 * Italian: ,
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 * Korean: 렌즈
 * Latvian: lēca
 * Macedonian: леќа
 * Norwegian: linse
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 * Russian: линза, объектив
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 * Urdu: عدسہ


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 * Dutch: linze
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 * Hungarian: lencse
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 * Macedonian: леќа
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 * Arabic: عدسة العين
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 晶狀體, 晶状体, 水晶體, 水晶体
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 * Dutch:, kristallens
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 * Georgian: ლინზა


 * German:
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 * Hungarian: szemlencse
 * Japanese: 水晶体
 * Korean: 수정체 (水晶體)
 * Latvian: lēca
 * Norwegian: linse
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 * Russian: хрусталик
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 * : עדשה (ah-dah-SHAH)
 * : lensa
 * : lensa


 * : عدسی
 * : šošovka, objektív (camera lens)
 * : เลนส์ (lens)
 * : לינז (linz; also אָפטיש גלאָז [optish glahz])
 * : לינז (linz; also אָפטיש גלאָז [optish glahz])
 * : לינז (linz; also אָפטיש גלאָז [optish glahz])

Verb

 * Dutch: filmen, verfilmen, op de gevoelige plaat vastleggen


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Noun

 * 1)  optical lens
 * 2) crystalline lens in the eye

Derived terms

 * lensafsluiter
 * telelens

Noun

 * 1) harpoon

Verb
lens



Noun

 * 1) alternative form of luns

Adjective

 * 1) empty

Derived terms

 * lensklep
 * lensleiding
 * lenspomp
 * lenswater
 * lenzen

Anagrams

 * snel

Noun

 * 1) A lentil bean.

Descendants

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Noun

 * 1) nit (egg of a louse)

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Noun

 * 1) contact lens

Synonyms

 * kontakt/kontak lens