Synonyms of lens

Noun


1. lens, lense, lens system, optical device

usage: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

2. Lens, genus Lens, rosid dicot genus

usage: genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

3. lens, channel, communication channel, line

usage: (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"

4. lens, crystalline lens, lens of the eye, organ

usage: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina

5. lens, electron lens, electronic equipment

usage: electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

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