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lens
/lɛnz/ · 4 letters · 4 distinct letters
- noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
- noun
genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
- noun
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
- noun
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
- noun
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons