Lens
- noun
- /lɛnz/
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- In the garden, the lens plants blossomed with small white flowers in the spring.
Examples
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The botanist identified the new species of lens during her research on legumes.
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The farmer planted seeds of the lens variety to grow lentils in his field.
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In early September, Quinn had lens replacement surgery performed on his left eye.
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Do we give people with vision impairments only one corrective lens when both eyes need correction?
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For the past twenty-five years, I've observed human tissue through the lens of my microscope.
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For small flowers, I add the 5T Nikon close-up lens or go to the 28-105mm, which focuses to about 2 inches.
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The brackish water lens under the island is contaminated from septic tank leach fields, making nitrate removal essential.
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Idioms
Compounds
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A camera lens that shows more of a scene, makes near objects look bigger, and stretches edges
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3.7
A camera lens that lets you make distant objects appear nearer without changing lenses
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4.4
An attachment that fits the front of a camera lens to block stray light and protect it
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3.9
The lens nearest the object in a microscope or telescope that makes the main image
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3.9
A curved piece of clear glass or plastic that focuses light in cameras and microscopes
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A clear part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light on the back of the eye
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A camera part with a wide opening that blurs backgrounds for photos of people
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A thin lens made of rings that focuses light for lighthouses and projectors
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4.2
A curved piece of glass or plastic that helps you see things more clearly in instruments
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A group of curved glass parts that bend light to make images, for example in cameras or microscopes
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6.9
A lens made of more than one part that reduces color blur in camera images
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3.9
A system of several lenses lined up to make images clearer or larger
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4.1
A clear artificial lens placed in the eye to replace a cloudy natural lens after cataract surgery
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A small clear plastic piece put in the eye to replace the part that focuses light after cataract surgery
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A curved piece of glass at the far end of devices like binoculars or microscopes that gives a wider view
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4.6
A lens that is thinner in the middle than at the edges and makes parallel light rays spread out
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A clear curved part behind the colored part of the eye that focuses light onto the back of the eye
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4.4
A very small glass piece that makes tiny things look bigger in a microscope
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A small glass piece you attach to a camera to focus on objects close to the camera
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A lens made from a kind of clear glass that gives sharp images with little color blur
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A lens that makes parallel light rays spread out after passing through it
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A device that uses electric or magnetic fields to focus a beam of electrons
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A small artificial lens placed in the eye that moves to help you see near and far
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A lens that makes images sharp across the whole picture without distortion
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A plant grown for lentils, with edible seeds and leaves used as animal feed
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An artificial lens with one focus placed in the eye to give clear distance vision after cataract surgery
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An artificial device put in the eye that helps you see near and far without glasses
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A clear artificial lens placed inside the eye to replace the natural lens after cataract surgery
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The curved piece of glass in a microscope or telescope nearest the object that makes the first image
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lens comes from the Latin word lens, which means 'lentil' and gives us the English word lentil. That is why the plant genus Lens is the name for the plants that make lentils.