lens

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

lenses

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

lens

past (v2)

lensed

past participle (v3)

lensed

present participle

lensing

3rd person singular

lenses

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

   • Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.

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

3. 3.The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

4. 4.A device which focuses or defocuses other waves or radiation, such as microwave radiation, electron beams, sound waves (acoustic lenses), or explosions (explosive lenses).

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To film, shoot.

   • It’s set in an anonymous, upper-middle-class suburb, lensed in the generic gunmetal gray that will one day appear as dated as the fuzzy outlines of ’80s direct-to-video horror movies.

2. 2.To become thinner towards the edges.

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