LENS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
   Synonym(s)
   • lense (what does lense mean?)
   • lens system (what does lens system mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) lens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • optical device (what does optical device mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • anastigmat (what does anastigmat mean?)
   • anastigmatic lens (what does anastigmatic lens mean?)
   • camera lens (what does camera lens mean?)
   • optical lens (what does optical lens mean?)
   • compound lens (what does compound lens mean?)
   • condenser (what does condenser mean?)
   • optical condenser (what does optical condenser mean?)
   • contact (what does contact mean?)
   • contact lens (what does contact lens mean?)
   • converging lens (what does converging lens mean?)
   • convex lens (what does convex lens mean?)
   • crown lens (what does crown lens mean?)
   • diverging lens (what does diverging lens mean?)
   • concave lens (what does concave lens mean?)
   • eyepiece (what does eyepiece mean?)
   • ocular (what does ocular mean?)
   • field lens (what does field lens mean?)
   • Fresnel lens (what does Fresnel lens mean?)
   • intraocular lens (what does intraocular lens mean?)
   • monocle (what does monocle mean?)
   • eyeglass (what does eyeglass mean?)
   • objective (what does objective mean?)
   • object glass (what does object glass mean?)
2. Meaning
   • electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
   Synonym(s)
   • electron lens (what does electron lens mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) lens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • electronic equipment (what does electronic equipment mean?)
3. Meaning
   • biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye
   • it focuses light waves on the retina
   Synonym(s)
   • crystalline lens (what does crystalline lens mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) lens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organ (what does organ mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
   Usage Example(s)
   • the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
   Hypernyms(s) lens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • channel (what does channel mean?)
   • communication channel (what does communication channel mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
5. Meaning
   • genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
   Synonym(s)
   • genus Lens (what does genus Lens mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Lens is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rosid dicot genus (what does rosid dicot genus mean?)