lens

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English [edit]

The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background.
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Etymology [edit]

Latin lēns (“lentil”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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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      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."

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from lens (noun)

Translations [edit]

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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Verb [edit]

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 [edit]

to film

Danish [edit]

Noun [edit]

lens n

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

Dutch [edit]

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Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

lens c (plural lenzen, diminutive lensje)

  1. (optics) optical lens
  2. crystalline lens in the eye
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

lens m (plural lenzen, diminutive lensje)

  1. harpoon

Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

  1. alternative form of luns

Etymology 4 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

lens (comparative lenzer, superlative meest lens or lenst)

  1. empty
Declension [edit]
Declension of lens
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial lens lenzer
neuter
singular		 indefinite lens lenzer
definite lenze lenzere lenste lenst, lenste
common singular lenze lenzere lenste lenste
plural lenze lenzere lenste lenste
partitive lens lenzers
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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From a Proto-Indo-European root shared by German Linse and Ancient Greek λάθυρος (lathuros).

Noun [edit]

lēns (genitive lentis); f, third declension

  1. A lentil bean.

Inflection [edit]

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

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Descendants [edit]

Noun [edit]

lēns (genitive lendis); f, third declension

  1. nit (egg of a louse)

Descendants [edit]

Turkish [edit]

Noun [edit]

lens (definite accusative lensi, plural lensler)

  1. contact lens

Declension [edit]

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

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