Noun: lens
| Singular | lens |
| Plural | lenses |
Sample Sentences
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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. [2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:]
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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. [2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:]
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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." [2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, “Are the Kids All Right?”, in The New York Times Magazine, page 11:]
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No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are, either voluntarily, or being forced to peer through. [2023 April 26, Benjamin Lee, quoting Steven Spielberg, “Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
Nouns inflected like lens
lens,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. substratebor.?
3. Medieval Latin lēnsbor.
4. English lens
5. Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدَسَة (ʕadasa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor. See: Latin Nouns '
lēns'.
Verbs referencing "lens"
Spanish Nouns
lente, Irish Nouns
lionsa.