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lens
noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- L
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- EN
- Scrabble score
- 4
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
lɛnz
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Meaning
Definitions
noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
noun
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
noun
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
noun
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
“the writer is the lens through which history can be seen”
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Example Sentences
the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
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