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Detailed Synonyms for lens in English

lens:

lens [the ~] noun

  1. the lens
    the lens
    the contact; the contact lens
    – a thin curved glass or plastic lens designed to fit over the cornea in order to correct vision or to deliver medication 1
  2. the lens
    – a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images 1
    the lens; the lense; the lens system
    – a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images 1
  3. the lens
    – electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons 1
    the lens; the electron lens
    – electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons 1
  4. the lens
    – biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina 1
    the lens; the crystalline lens; the lens of the eye
    – biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina 1
  5. the lens
    – (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood 1
    the lens
    – (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood 1
    • lens [the ~] noun
      • the writer is the lens through which history can be seen1

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Related Definitions for "lens":

  1. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images1
  2. electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons1
  3. biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina1
  4. (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood1
    • the writer is the lens through which history can be seen1

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