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Lens

An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

Pronunciation: /lɛnz/

What “Lens” means

Noun

  1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  2. A device which focuses or defocuses other waves or radiation, such as microwave radiation, electron beams, sound waves (acoustic lenses), or explosions (explosive lenses).
  3. A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  4. The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
  5. A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.

Verb

  1. To film, shoot.
  2. To become thinner towards the edges.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Medieval Latin lēnsbor. English lens Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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