lenses
/lɛnzɪz/ · noun
Meaning
- An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
- A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
- A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
- A genus of the legume family; its bean.
- The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
- (earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
- To film, shoot.
- To become thinner towards the edges.
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