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lens

/lɛnz/

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noun
genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
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genus lens

type of:
rosid dicot genus
noun
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
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electron lens

type of:
electronic equipment
noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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lens system lense

type of:
optical device

part of:
optical instrument
noun
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
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crystalline lens lens of the eye

type of:
organ

part of:
oculus optic eye
noun
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
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"the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"

type of:
line communication channel channel

Usage of lens

"image"
"trope"
"figure"
"figure of speech"