lens

See also Lens

English

The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background.

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin lēns (“lentil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛnz/, SAMPA: /lEnz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnz

Noun

lens (plural lenses)

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. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
6. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
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Derived terms

Terms derived from lens (noun)

contact lens fisheye lens lenticel lenticular lenticule

lentil long lens long-focus lens macro lens normal lens

telephoto lens wide-angle lens zoom lens

Translations

object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it

Arabic: عدسة (ar) (3adasa) f. Armenian: ոսպնյակ (hy) (ospnyak) Chinese: Mandarin: 透鏡 (cmn), 透镜 (cmn) (tòujìng), 鏡片 (cmn), 镜片 (cmn) (jìngpiàn), 鏡頭 (cmn), 镜头 (cmn) (jìngtóu) Czech: čočka (cs) f. Dutch: lens (nl) f. Finnish: linssi (fi) French: lentille (fr) f. Georgian: ლინზა (ka) (linza) German: Linse (de) f. Greek: φακός (el) (fakós) m. Hindi: लेंस (hi) (lens) Hungarian: lencse (hu) Irish: lionsa (ga) m.

Italian: lentille (it) f., lente (it) f. Japanese: レンズ (ja) (renzu) Korean: 렌즈 (ko) (lenjeu) Latvian: lēca f. Macedonian: леќа (mk) (léḱa) f. Malay: kanta (ms), lensa (ms) Norwegian: linse (no) m. and f. Persian: عدسی (fa) (adasi) Polish: soczewka (pl) f. Portuguese: lente (pt) f. Russian: линза (ru) (línza) f., объектив (ru) (objektív) m. Serbian: sočivo (sr) n. Spanish: lente (es) m. and f. Turkish: mercek (tr) Urdu: عدسہ (ur)

device which focuses or defocuses electron beams

Czech: čočka (cs) f. Dutch: lens (nl) f. Finnish: poikkeutuskela (fi) French: lentille (fr) f.

German: Linse (de) f. Greek: φακός (el) (fakós) m. Latvian: lēca f. Polish: soczewka (pl) f.

geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs

Dutch: lens (nl) f. Finnish: linssi (fi)

French: lentille (fr) f.

biology: genus of the legume family; its bean

Dutch: linze Finnish: linssi (fi) French: lentille (fr) f. Georgian: ოსპი (ka) (ospi) German: Linse (de) f. Greek: φακή (el) (fakí) f.

Hungarian: lencse (hu) Italian: lenticchia (it) f. Latvian: lēcas f. pl. Macedonian: леќа (mk) (léḱa) Norwegian: linse (no) m. and f. Polish: soczewica (pl) f.

anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye

Arabic: عدسة العين (ar) (3adasat al-3ayn) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 晶狀體 (cmn), 晶状体 (cmn) (jīngzhuàngtǐ), 水晶體 (cmn), 水晶体 (cmn) (shuǐjīngtǐ) Czech: čočka (cs) f. Dutch: lens (nl) f., kristallens Finnish: mykiö (fi), linssi (fi) French: cristallin (fr) m. Georgian: ლინზა (ka) (linza) German: Linse (de) f.

Greek: φακός (el) (fakós) m. Hungarian: szemlencse (hu) Japanese: 水晶体 (ja) (すいしょうたい, suishōtai) Korean: 수정체 (ko) (sujeongche) (水晶體 (ko)) Latvian: lēca f. Norwegian: linse (no) m. and f. Polish: soczewka (pl) f. Russian: хрусталик (ru) (xrustálik) m. Spanish: cristalino (es)

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Esperanto: lenso (eo) Hebrew: עדשה (ah-dah-SHAH) Indonesian: lensa Italian: lente (it) f.

Persian: عدسی (fa) (addasi) Slovak: šošovka f., objektív m. (camera lens) Swedish: lins (sv) Thai: เลนส์ (lens) Turkish: mercek (tr) Yiddish: לינז (linz; also אָפטיש גלאָז [optish glahz])

Verb

lens (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

1. (transitive) To film, shoot.
2. (geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

Translations

to film

Dutch: filmen, verfilmen, op de gevoelige plaat vastleggen

French: filmer (fr)

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Danish

Noun

lens n.

1. genitive singular indefinite of len
2. genitive plural indefinite of len

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛns

Etymology 1

Noun

lens c. (plural lenzen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (optics) optical lens
2. crystalline lens in the eye

Derived terms

• lensafsluiter m.
• telelens

Etymology 2

Noun

lens c. (plural lenzen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. harpoon

Verb

lens

1. first-person singular present indicative of lensen.
2. imperative of lensen.

Etymology 3

Noun

lens c. (plural lenzen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. alternative form of luns

Etymology 4

Adjective

lens (comparative lenzer, superlative lenst)

1. empty

Declension

Declension of lens

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		lens	lenzer
neuter singular	indefinite	lens	lenzer
	definite	lenze	lenzere	lenste	het lenst(e)
common singular		lenze	lenzere	lenste	de lenste
plural		lenze	lenzere	lenste	de lenste
partitive		lens	lenzers

Derived terms

• lensklep
• lensleiding
• lenspomp
• lenswater n.
• lenzen

Anagrams

• snel

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Latin

Noun

lēns (genitive lentis); f, third declension

1. A lentil bean.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēns	lentēs
genitive	lentis	lentum
dative	lentī	lentibus
accusative	lentem	lentēs
ablative	lente	lentibus
vocative	lēns	lentēs

Derived terms

• lenticula

Descendants

• Catalan: lent
• English: lens
• Italian: lente
• Romanian: linte
• Spanish: lente

Noun

lēns (genitive lendis); f, third declension

1. nit (egg of a louse)

Descendants

• French: lente
• Italian: lendine
• Portuguese: lêndea
• Romanian: lindină
• Spanish: liendre

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Turkish

Noun

lens (definite accusative lensi, plural lensler)

1. contact lens

Declension

declension of lens

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	lens	lensler
definite accusative (belirtme)	lensi	lensleri
dative (yönelme)	lense	lenslere
locative (bulunma)	lenste	lenslerde
ablative (çıkma)	lensten	lenslerden
genitive (tamlayan)	lensin	lenslerin

Synonyms

• kontakt/kontak lens