lens flare

noun

A stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper.

“Lens flare is usually unwanted, but can be exploited for artistic effect.”

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Meanings

nounlens flare (countable and uncountable, plural lens flares)

plural lens flares

  1. countableuncountableA stray patch of brightness in a photographic image resulting from aberrant refractions or reflections within the lens due to an exceptionally bright light source, sometimes one just outside the image proper.

    Lens flare is usually unwanted, but can be exploited for artistic effect.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 鏡頭光暈 /镜头光晕
  • 鏡頭光暈 /镜头光晕 (jìngtóu guāngyūn)brightness in an image
Dutch lensgloed
  • lensgloedbrightness in an image
Finnish linssiheijastus
  • linssiheijastusbrightness in an image
Hungarian becsillanás
  • becsillanásbrightness in an image
Polish flara
  • flarabrightness in an image
Swedish linsöverstrålning
  • linsöverstrålningbrightness in an image
Cite this entry
APA

lens flare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lens%20flare

MLA

“lens flare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lens%20flare. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lens flare,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lens%20flare.

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