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Linse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lens noun A curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to focus or spread it out, used in glasses, cameras, and telescopes.
  • lenticular adj Of or pertaining to a lens.
  • lentil noun A small, disc-shaped edible seed from a legume plant, commonly dried and used in soups and stews.

Senses

Linse is used for these senses in English:

lens — full definition

  1. noun A curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to focus or spread it out, used in glasses, cameras, and telescopes.
  2. noun The clear part inside the eye that focuses light onto the retina.
  3. noun A particular way of looking at or interpreting something.

lenticular — full definition

  1. adj Of or pertaining to a lens.
  2. adj Shaped like a biconvex lens.
  3. adj Relating to a lenticular image.
  4. adj Covered in lenticels.

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