iris
- noun
- /ˈaɪrəs/
- This new eye control autofocus where the sensor actually tracks your iris within the viewfinder and focuses where you're looking.
- iris and pupil
This can present on the iris as dark brownish spots.
- This can present on the iris as dark brownish spots.
- Our eyes have whites around the iris so that you can see where people point them.
- Actually, our eyes have white around the irises, which means that we can follow each other gazes.
- And then that's going to be your iris and your pupil and all that good stuff in there.
- This new eye control autofocus where the sensor actually tracks your iris within the viewfinder and focuses where you're looking.
- The the the iris constricts when you're in light and it opens up when you're in darkness and the act of opening up tries to bring in as much light as as it can.
- They say that she had a Fleck on the iris, but the media used cola boma.
Examples
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Like your fingerprint, the patterns on your iris are complex and unique.
Blog text (6) -
Now you may notice that under dark conditions, the iris dilates, right?
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So right around my iris is yellow and then around that is blue.
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Rare combination of one blue iris, one brown.
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And if you look really closely around the iris the color is pure honey.
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This can present on the iris as dark brownish spots.
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Each has a white head, eyes with blue contours, a white iris, and a blue pupil.
Academic text (1991) -
Her eyes were big and brown, and the iris bled a little into the albumen whites.
Fiction book (1994) -
A close-up of a single eye, the iris a brilliant lighted jigsaw.
Fiction book (1997) -
Under bright sunlight, the iris of her eye appeared a vibrant shade of green.
Compounds
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A way to check who someone is by looking at the coloured part of their eye
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An iris plant with no hairs on the lower drooping parts of the flower
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A flowering plant that grows from a bulb and makes bright flowers in spring
A spring flower with blue or purple petals people grow in gardens and use in bouquets
A plant that grows from a bulb with large delicate flowers in many colors except yellow
A plant from southern Europe with large white flowers, lavender tips, and a fragrant underground stem
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A group of flowering plants that grow from bulbs or underground stems, like common garden flowers with showy blooms
- Archaic
A plant with purple flowers and smelly leaves that grows by the Mediterranean
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A large white garden flower with a sweet-smelling underground root used in perfume
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A plant with purple flowers and leaves that smell bad when crushed
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A garden iris with large white flowers slightly purple at the edges and a sweet-smelling root used for perfume
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A part with thin overlapping plates that controls how much light passes through a lens
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A group of flowering plants like irises and crocuses that grow from bulbs or underground stems
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A flowering plant that grows from a bulb with pale lilac flowers often grown in gardens
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A bulb plant from North Africa with bright blue flowers grown in gardens
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A low-growing iris with bright blue to lilac flowers that blooms in spring
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A common iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in eastern North America
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A plant with blue or violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States
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A garden flower that grows from a bulb with large delicate flowers usually blue or violet
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A plant that grows from a bulb with purple flowers native to the western Mediterranean
A tall plant with large colorful flowers, usually purple or white, that grows near water
- UK
A plant from the western Mediterranean with purple flowers that grows from a bulb
Surface Forms
Etymology
Iris for the colored part of the eye also comes from the Greek iris, meaning 'rainbow'. Because the iris is the colored ring around the pupil and can be many colors, the name suggests color and it controls how much 'light' enters the eye.