Lens

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The lenses in bifocals bend light, distorting the appearance of the background.

See also Lens

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin lens (“‘lentil bean’”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛnz/, SAMPA: /lEnz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnz

Noun

Singular Lens

Plural es

Lens (es)

1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
2. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
3. Template:Geometry A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
6. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
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Related terms

• contact lens
• lenticel
• lenticular
• lenticule
• lentil

Translations

object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it

Arabic: عدسة ar(ar) (3adasa) f. Armenian: ոսպնյակ hy(hy) (ospnyak) Chinese: Mandarin: 透鏡 cmn(cmn), 透镜 cmn(cmn) (tòujìng), 鏡片 cmn(cmn), 镜片 cmn(cmn) (jìngpiàn), 鏡頭 cmn(cmn), 镜头 cmn(cmn) (jìngtóu) Czech: čočka cs(cs) f. Dutch: lens nl(nl) f. Finnish: linssi fi(fi) French: lentille fr(fr) f. German: Linse de(de) f. Greek: φακός el(el) (fakós) m. Hindi: लेंस hi(hi) (lens) Hungarian: lencse hu(hu)

Japanese: レンズ ja(ja) (renzu) Korean: 렌즈 ko(ko) (lenjeu) Latvian: lēca f. Macedonian: леќа mk(mk) (léḱa) f. Persian: عدسی fa(fa) (adasi) Polish: soczewka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: lente pt(pt) f. Russian: линза ru(ru) (línza) f., объектив ru(ru) (objektív) m. Serbian: sočivo sr(sr) n. Spanish: lente es(es) m. and f. Turkish: mercek tr(tr) Urdu: عدسہ ur(ur)

device which focuses or defocuses electron beams

Czech: čočka cs(cs) f. Dutch: lens nl(nl) f. Finnish: poikkeutuskela fi(fi) French: lentille fr(fr) f.

German: Linse de(de) f. Greek: φακός el(el) (fakós) m. Latvian: lēca f. Polish: soczewka pl(pl) f.

geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs

Dutch: lens nl(nl) f. Finnish: linssi fi(fi)

French: lentille fr(fr) f.

biology: genus of the legume family; its bean

Dutch: linze Finnish: linssi fi(fi) French: lentille fr(fr) f. German: Linse de(de) f.

Greek: φακή el(el) (fakí) f. Latvian: lēcas f. pl. Macedonian: леќа mk(mk) (léḱa) Polish: soczewica pl(pl) f.

anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye

Arabic: عدسة العين ar(ar) (3adasat al-3ayn) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 晶狀體 cmn(cmn), 晶状体 cmn(cmn) (jīngzhuàngtǐ), 水晶體 cmn(cmn), 水晶体 cmn(cmn) (shuǐjīngtǐ) Czech: čočka cs(cs) f. Dutch: lens nl(nl) f., kristallens Finnish: mykiö fi(fi), linssi fi(fi) French: cristallin fr(fr) m.

German: Linse de(de) f. Greek: φακός el(el) (fakós) m. Japanese: 水晶体 ja(ja) (すいしょうたい, suishōtai) Korean: 수정체 ko(ko) (sujeongche) (水晶體 ko(ko)) Latvian: lēca f. Polish: soczewka pl(pl) f. Russian: хрусталик ru(ru) (xrustálik) m. Spanish: cristalino es(es)

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Esperanto: lenso eo(eo) Georgian: Ⴍსპი Hebrew: עדשה (ah-dah-SHAH) Indonesian: lensa Italian: lente it(it) f.

Persian: addasi(عدسی) Slovak: šošovka f., objektív m. (camera lens) Swedish: lins sv(sv) Thai: เลนส์ (lens) Turkish: mercek tr(tr) Yiddish: לינז (linz; also אָפטיש גלאָז [OP-tish glahz])

Verb

Infinitive to Lens

Third person singular lenses

Simple past lensed

Past participle -

Present participle lensing

to Lens (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

1. (transitive) To film, shoot.
2. Template:Geology To become thinner towards the edges.

Translations

to film

Dutch: filmen, verfilmen, op de gevoelige plaat vastleggen

French: filmer fr(fr)

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Danish

Noun

Lens n.

1. Genitive singular indefinite of len.
2. Genitive plural indefinite of len.

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

1. (optics) optical lens
2. crystalline lens in the eye

Derived terms

• lensafsluiter m.
• telelens

Etymology 2

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

1. harpoon

Verb

lens

1. The first-person singular present indicative of lensen.
2. The imperative of lensen.

Etymology 3

Noun

Lens c. (plural lenzen, diminutive Lensje, diminutive plural Lensjes)

1. alternative form of luns

Etymology 4

Adjective

Template:Nl-adj

1. empty

Declension

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Derived terms

• lensklep
• lensleiding
• lenspomp
• lenswater n.
• lenzen

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Latin

Noun

lēns (genitive lēntis); f, third declension

1. A lentil bean.

Derived terms

• lenticula

Descendants

• English: lens
• Italian: lente
• Romanian: linte
• Spanish: lente

Noun

Lens

1. nit (egg of a louse)

Descendants

• French: lente
• Italian: lendine
• Portuguese: lêndea
• Romanian: lindină
• Spanish: liendre

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Turkish

Noun

Lens (definite accusative Lensi, plural Lensler)

1. contact lens

Declension

    declension of Lens

	singular	plural
absolute	Lens	Lensler
definite accusative	Lensi	Lensleri
dative	Lense	Lenslere
locative	Lenste	Lenslerde
ablative	Lensten	Lenslerden
definite genitive	Lensin	Lenslerin

Synonyms

• kontakt/kontak lens

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