lens

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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. A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
4. A genus of the legume family; its bean.
5. The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
6. A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
7. A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.
8. (broadly, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

Verb

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

Concepts

lentille

cristallin

verre

objectif

glace

🧊

filmer

📽️

loupe

Synonymes

crystalline lens

electron lens

objective

lens system

eyeglass

lense

lentil

spectacles

👓

lenticle

glass

lens of the eye

cornea

magnifying glass

shot

single eyeglass

speculum

torch

glass block

object-glass

lentil plant

optical lens

acoustic lens

magnetic lens

sound lens

electronic lens

contact

ophthalmic lens

crystalline

eyeglasses

👓

eyepiece

flashlight

🔦

glasses

magnifier

microscope

🔬

optic

pebble

pupil

reflector

scene

Traductions

Linse

lente

lente

lens

lente

φακός

Objektiv

mercek

cristalino

cristalino

cristallino

lent

obiettivo

عدسة

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɛnz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدْسَة (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”).

Phrases

Over the years the light had several different lens .

Au fil des ans, la lumière avait plusieurs objectifs différents.