lens

Words with a similar base: crystalline_lens, electron_lens, lens, lens_of_the_eye, lens_system, lense

'lens'

[lens.n.01] as in: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

'lens'

[lens.n.02] as in: genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

'lens'

[lens.n.03] as in: (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

Examples:
the writer is the lens through which history can be seen

'lens'

[lens.n.04] as in: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina

'lens'

[lens.n.05] as in: electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

Origins

					lens (English)
└── lens (Latin)

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