1. lens - noun
· a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Synonym(s): lense, lens_system
Hypernym(s): optical_device
2. lens - noun
· genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
Synonym(s): Lens, genus_Lens
Hypernym(s): rosid_dicot_genus
3. lens - noun
· (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
Hypernym(s): channel, communication_channel, line
4. lens - noun
· biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
Synonym(s): crystalline_lens, lens_of_the_eye
Hypernym(s): organ
5. lens - noun
· electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
Synonym(s): electron_lens
Hypernym(s): electronic_equipment
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