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Synonyms genus lens
Type of rosid dicot genus
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Synonyms electron lens
Type of electronic equipment
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Synonyms lens system, lense
Type of optical device
Has types anastigmatic lens, camera lens, converging lens, contact lens, anastigmat, convex lens, crown lens, diverging lens, eyeglass, eyepiece, field lens, fresnel lens, intraocular lens, meniscus, monocle, object glass, object lens, objective, objective lens, ocular, optical condenser, optical lens, compound lens, concave lens, condenser, contact
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Synonyms crystalline lens, lens of the eye
Type of organ
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Type of line, communication channel, channel


the writer is the lens through which history can be seen.

Examples of lens

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Today, take a look through the lens of Mark Gail at a scene from North Bethesda.
From the washingtonpost.com
Would a Canon L 400mm or 500mm prime lens be a better choice for tack sharpness?
From the kentucky.com
My dad is a family doctor, so a lot of times I look at things through that lens.
From the time.com
So seen through my lens, the roles are really key to get the value out of Scrum.
From the forbes.com
The technique provided a field of view five times as wide as a traditional lens.
From the newscientist.com
A machine at Optimax polishes or cuts an optical lens with precise measurements.
From the democratandchronicle.com
As a mother, these are insights she sees through the lens of her own experience.
From the ocregister.com
Ever since we first saw that 70-200L thermos, I've had lens muggery on the mind.
From the techcrunch.com
People such as these view the children of single parents through a colored lens.
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  • A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
  • Genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
  • (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
  • Biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
  • Electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
  • In geology a lens is a body of ore or rock or a deposit that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, resembling a convex lens in cross-section. Adjective: "lenticular".
  • In geometry, a lens is a shape comprising two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints. If the arcs have equal radii, it is called a symmetric lens. The corresponding shape is the lune. The Vesica piscis is one form of a symmetrical lens; the term is also used for lenses generally.
  • A lens is an optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, converging or diverging the beam. A simple lens consists of a single optical element. ...
  • Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.