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say it: lenz
lens is a noun meaning "a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images". It is pronounced /ˈlɛnz/ — lenz. It carries 5 recorded senses.
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”
trope
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lens come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.