lens

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The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background.
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Latin lens (“‘lentil bean’”)

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Singular
lens

Plural
lenses

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.
    • 2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, "Are the Kids All Right?", in The New York Times Magazine, page 11:
      If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens," worries Child Trends […] , "it may be more difficult to […] promote child well-being."

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object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it
device which focuses or defocuses electron beams
geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs
biology: genus of the legume family; its bean
anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye
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Infinitive
to lens

Third person singular
lenses

Simple past
lensed

Past participle
lensed

Present participle
lensing

to 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.

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to film

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lens n.

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

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lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive lensje, diminutive plural lensjes)

  1. (optics) optical lens
  2. crystalline lens in the eye
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lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive lensje, diminutive plural lensjes)

  1. harpoon

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lens

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

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lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive lensje, diminutive plural lensjes)

  1. alternative form of luns

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lens, lenze (comparative lenzer, lenzere; superlative lenst, lenste)

  1. empty
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lēns (genitive lēntis); f, third declension

  1. A lentil bean.
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