lenses

noun

(optics) An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

(anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.

(by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

(programming) A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.

(earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.

(biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.

(geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.

A municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.

A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.

A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.

verb

(transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot.

(geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

Roots

lenslens- · Latin · lentil

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