lense

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A form of lens — An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

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Meanings

nounlense (plural lenses)

plural lenses

  1. alternativeproscribedAlternative spelling of lens.

    When a lense is described as of 4 inch focus, it means that such a lens is capable of bringing parallel rays to a point at a distance of 4 inches from the lens.

    1911, Motography, volume 5, number 6, page 176
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    Basically, a beam of light passing through a lens parallel to the optical axis converges to form a focused image on the film. Spherical aberration is the term for an optical fault caused by the spherical form of a lense that produces different […]

    2015, Steve Rutherford, How to Photograph Landscapes like a Pro, →ISBN
verblense (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

present singular third person lenses · participle present lensing · participle past lensed · past lensed

  1. alternativeproscribedAlternative spelling of lens.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

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lenslens system
Broader
optical device
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lens

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

elsenNelse
Cite this entry
APA

lense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lense

MLA

“lense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lense. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lense,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lense.

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