lente — meaning in English

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.

Senses

lente is used for these senses in English:

• lens (optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
• lens (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.

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.

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