Definizione monolingua

lens

lens (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

1. (transitive) To film, shoot.
2. (geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

lens (plural lenses)

1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
2. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
3. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
6. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
   • 2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, ""Are the Kids All Right?"", in The New York Times Magazine, page 11:

     If ""the public looks at the condition of Americas children largely through a negative lens,"" worries Child Trends […] , ""it may be more difficult to […] promote child well-being.""

lens (comparative lenzer, superlative lenst)

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Definizione dizionario lens

	lente
	object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it
	An optical device with perfect or approximate axial symmetry which transmits and refracts light, concentrating or diverging the beam.

	lenticchia
	biology: genus of the legume family; its bean

cristallino

obiettivo

	lentille
	object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it

lens

Altri significati:

(biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.

taxonomic terms (plants)

(by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.

(geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.

(anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs

An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

device which focuses or defocuses electron beams

to film

(geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

(transitive) To film, shoot.

anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye