Synonyms: lens, lens system, lense
Definition: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Similar words: optical device
Definition: a device for producing or controlling light
Synonyms: lens, electron lens
Definition: electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
Similar words: electronic equipment
Definition: equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)
Synonyms: lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens
Definition: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
Similar words: organ
Definition: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
Synonyms: lens
Definition: (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
Usage: the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
Similar words: channel, communication channel, line
Definition: (often plural) a means of communication or access
Usage: it must go through official channels; lines of communication were set up between the two firms
Synonyms: Lens, genus Lens
Definition: genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
Similar words: rosid dicot genus
Definition: a genus of dicotyledonous plants