Lensname

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  A municipality in Hainaut, Belgium.

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  A commune in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.

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  A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.

lensnoun/lɛnz/

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

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

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  anatomymedicinesciencesThe transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

  • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
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  A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.

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  geographyhydrologynatural-sciencesA convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater, usually found on small coral or limestone islands and atolls.

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  computingengineeringmathematicsA construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.

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  A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

  • If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens," worries Child Trends[…], "it may be more difficult to […] promote child well-being."
  • No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through.

lensverb/lɛnz/

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  broadcastingcinematographyfilmTo 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.
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  geographygeologynatural-sciencesTo become thinner towards the edges.