Lens Definition & Meaning
lens
- noun
- a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
- (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
- biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
- electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
"Lens" in song lyrics
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"I be flippin' God off through his microscope lens"
Apathy — Ap is Like... -
"The Benz, the Lexus with the bubble eye lens"
Baby f/ J.D. (Jermain Dupri), TQ — How it Be -
"Got the new cardierres with the iced out lens"
Baby f/ Jazze Pha — Fly in any Weather
Words that rhyme with lens
Usage tips for "lens"
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- What does lens mean?
- a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen" biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye
- What part of speech is lens?
- Lens is a noun.
- How many definitions does lens have?
- Lens has 5 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).