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lenses

/lɛnzɪz/

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noun

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

Examples :

"My new glasses have special lenses that help me see the whiteboard clearly in class. "

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A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.

Examples :

""Electron microscopes use lenses to focus electron beams and create highly magnified images of tiny objects." "

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

Examples :

"The stained glass window featured colorful lenses, each formed by the overlapping arcs of two circles, resembling a collection of bulging shapes. "

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noun

A genus of the legume family; its bean.

Examples :

"My grandmother grows a variety of lentils and other legumes in her garden. "

vegetable food plant

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The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.

Examples :

"As people age, their lenses can become cloudy, affecting their vision. "

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(earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.

Examples :

"The geologist pointed out several ice lenses within the exposed rock face, indicating past periods of freezing and thawing. "

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

Examples :

"In functional programming, lenses allow programmers to safely update specific fields deep within complex data structures, like changing a student's grade in a nested class record without affecting the rest of the record. "

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noun

(by extension) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.

Examples :

"Sentence: > She studies history through the lenses of different cultures to understand their perspectives. "

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verb

To film, shoot.

Examples :

"The documentary crew will lenses the entire graduation ceremony tomorrow. "

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verb

To become thinner towards the edges.

Examples :

"The potter carefully lenses the rim of the bowl to create a smooth, elegant edge. "

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