a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
[ Syn: lense , lens system ]
genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
[ Syn: lens , genus lens ]
(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
[ Syn: crystalline lens , lens of the eye ]
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
[ Syn: electron lens ]