lens
nounHow to pronounce lens:
Definition of lens:
- lens (noun):
- a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
- a piece of transparent material (such as glass) that has two opposite regular surfaces either both curved or one curved and the other plane and that is used either singly or combined in an optical instrument for forming an image by focusing rays of light
Synonyms for lens:
anastigmat
anastigmatic lens
camera lens
compound lens
concave lens
condenser
contact
contact lens
converging lens
convex lens
crown lens
crystalline lens
diverging lens
electron lens
eyeglass
eyepiece
field lens
fresnel lens
genus lens
intraocular lens
lens of the eye
lens system
lense
meniscus
monocle
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Antonyms for lens:
biconcave lens
reducing glass
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