lens — 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.
Senses
lens is used for these senses in English:
- contact lens A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.
- lens (optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
lens — full definition
- noun A curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to focus or spread it out, used in glasses, cameras, and telescopes.
- noun The clear part inside the eye that focuses light onto the retina.
- noun A particular way of looking at or interpreting something.