Synonyms for lens
lɛnzlens

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1. lens, lense, lens systemnoun

   a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

   Synonyms:
   lense, lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens, electron lens

2. Lens, genus Lensnoun

   genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

   Synonyms:
   lense, lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens, electron lens

3. lensnoun

   (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

   "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"

   Synonyms:
   lense, lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens, electron lens

4. lens, crystalline lens, lens of the eyenoun

   biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina

   Synonyms:
   lense, lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens, electron lens

5. lens, electron lensnoun

   electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

   Synonyms:
   lense, lens system, genus Lens, lens of the eye, crystalline lens, electron lens

Matched Categories

1. • Channel
   • Electronic Equipment
   • Optical Device
   • Rosid Dicot Genus

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1. List of paraphrases for "lens":

   lentil, slow, lentils, lenses, prism, ice, optical, objective, glace, goal, crystal, optics, angle, livorno, perspective, osasuna, aim, target

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1. Muslim Bosniak Jusic:

   We are trying to show that rape is a trauma for everyone and cannot be looked at through an ethnic lens.

2. Joe Jimenez:

   I had said it would take about five years to see a product on the market, the calendar is light and we are already developing a technological lens prototype (that) should be tested on humans in 2016.

3. Ian Blatchford:

   This exhibition marks 100 years since the end of the Romanov dynasty and explores one of the most dramatic periods in Russian history, all through the unique lens of science, our curatorial team have brought together an exceptional, rare and poignant collection to tell this remarkable story.

4. Thomas Steinemann:

   Conjunctiva is modified mucus membrane, like the inside of your mouth or the inside of your nose or nasal cavity and pharynx, it's moist and nice and hospitable for viruses, in fact there's lots of organisms that can stick very readily to Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva, or for that matter, stick on a contact lens that is also resting on Thomas Steinemann conjunctiva.

5. Andy Carroll:

   This generation sees letters as a very quaint, bygone thing that people used to do, but what they contain is some of the most extraordinary, most powerful sentiments and emotions because everything is more vibrant through the lens of warfare.