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lens

The correct spelling is lens.

How to pronounce lens

/lɛnz/
noun

IPA: /lɛnz/

Say it like: Len-s

The correct spelling is lens. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  2. 2.A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  3. 3.A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  4. 4.A genus of the legume family; its bean.
  5. 5.The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

verb

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

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