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Lens

Noun

Definitions

1.NounAn object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
2.NounA device which focuses or defocuses other waves or radiation, such as microwave radiation, electron beams, sound waves (acoustic lenses), or explosions (explosive lenses).
3.NounA convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4.NounThe transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
5.NounA body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
6.NounA convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater, usually found on small coral or limestone islands and atolls.
7.NounA construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.
8.NounA way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
9.VerbTo film, shoot.
10.VerbTo become thinner towards the edges.
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