lenses

Meanings

• noun

  A transparent lens or a combination of lenses used to refract light and correct vision.

  - "The optometrist prescribed new lenses for my glasses."
  - "The camera lens captured a clear image of the landscape."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with lenses
fences , senses , frences , menses

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Variants

List of all variants of lenses that leads to same result
lens , lensed , lenses , lensing , lensless , achromatic lens , achromatic lenses , contact lens , contact lenses , converging lens , converging lenses , crystalline lens , crystalline lenses , eye lens , eye lenses , field lens , field lenses , Fresnel lens , Fresnel lenses , gravitational lens , gravitational lenses

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Etymology

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From Old French lentil, lens-shaped object, from lentil, lentil-shaped.

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Trivia

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1. The human eye has a natural lens that helps focus light on the retina.

2. The Hubble Space Telescope uses a corrective lens to compensate for its spherical aberration.

3. The first glasses with magnifying lenses were invented in the 13th century.

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Related Concepts

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1. Optics: The branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of light, particularly the behavior of light as a wave and the geometric properties of optical systems.

2. Glasses: A device consisting of glass or plastic lenses mounted in a frame to correct vision.

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Culture

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Lenses have been used for correcting vision since ancient times. In literature, lenses are often used as metaphors for perception and understanding. In art, lenses are used in camera obscura and other optical devices.

How to Memorize "lenses"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pair of glasses with clear lenses.
   - Visualize a camera with a large lens.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'lenses' with 'clear vision'.
   - Associate the word 'lenses' with 'camera'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Lenses help us see _______.
   - Lenses are used in _________.

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