Look up: LENS

1. lens
   Type: Term Pronunciation: lenz Definitions: 1. A transparent material with one or both surfaces having a concave or convex curve; acts on electromagnetic energy to cause convergence or divergence of light rays. 2. The transparent biconvex cellular refractive structure lying between the iris and the ...
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2. Lens
   [geology] In geology a lens is a body of ore or rock or a deposit that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, resembling a convex lens in cross-section. Adjective: "lenticular". A lens can also refer to an irregular shaped formation consisting of a porous, permeable sedimentary deposit surrounded by impermeable rock. ...
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3. Lens
   An optical device for focussing a desired scene onto the imaging device in a CCTV camera.
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4. lens
   [n] - genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils 2. [n] - biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye 3. [n] - electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order...
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5. Lens
   (Digital cameras and photo printers) Transparent glass or plastic that has been formed and polished to form a certain shape, usually spherical. When a beam of light reaches the area between the air and the lens, a part of this light is always reflected. The remaining light passes into the lens and ...
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6. Lens
   a transparent disk with curved surfaces used focus light
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7. Lens
   In a real camera, a lens is a curved piece of glass or other transparent material that focuses light onto the film. Modern 3D software is capable of simulating a variety of optical distortions created by imperfections in real-world lenses, adding realism to the rendered output.
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8. Lens
   A lens is an optical component whos surface curvature and refractive index are designed such that the direction of light incident upon it is controlled.Formulae exist for thin lens approximations to determine focal lengths etc.For an object at distance d whos image is formed at d'
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9. LENS
   The Literacy, ESOL and Numeracy Scholarship Communityof the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy
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10. lens
    Light modifier. Convex lenses focus and concave lens diffuse light waves
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11. Lens
    Lens: The transparent structure inside the eye that focuses light rays onto the retina (the nerve layer that lines the back of the eye, senses light and creates impulses that go through the optic nerve to the brain). The lens was named after the lentil bean because it resembled it in shape and size....
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12. LENS
    A device for forming electromagnetic waves in which the required phase changes are obtained by transmission through a dielectric and/or between suitable arranged metallic conductors. Category: Management in the public and private sector • frequently used in a more general sense for an as...
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13. Lens
    A optical device made of glass or other transparent material that forms images by bending and focusing rays of light. A lens made of a single piece of glass cannot produce very sharp or exact images, so camera lenses are made up of a number of glass 'elements' that cancel out each other's weakness a...
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14. Lens
    Lens (lĕnz) noun ; plural Lenses (-ĕz). [ Latin lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Confer Lentil .] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other tr...
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15. lens
    <physics> A transparent optical element, so constructed that it serves to change the degree of convergence or divergence of the transmitted rays. ... (05 Aug 1998) ...
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16. lens
    lense noun a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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17. lens
    crystalline lens noun biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; it focuses light waves on the retina
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18. lens
    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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19. Lens
    genus Lens noun genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
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20. lens
    noun electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
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21. lens
    (lenz) a piece of glass or other transparent material so shaped as to converge or scatter light rays. See also glasses Lenses: (A–F), Spherical lenses: (A), biconvex; (B), biconcave; (C), planoconvex; (D), planoconcave; (E), concavoconvex, periscopic convex, converging meniscus; (F...
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22. Lens
    • (n.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objec...
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23. lens
    (from the article `ocean`) Over many decades this process forms a deep lens of warm, saline North Atlantic Central Water. The shape of the lens of water is distorted by other ...
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24. Lens
    industrial town, Pas-de-Calais département, Nord-Pas-de-Calais région, northern France, southwest of Lille. It was the chief urban centre of the ...
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25. lens
    in anatomy, a nearly transparent biconvex structure suspended behind the iris of the eye, the sole function of which is to focus light rays onto the ... [9 related articles]
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