Synonyms for lenses

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lenz

Phonetic Transcription : lɛnz

Définition of lenses

Origin : 1690s, "glass to regulate light rays," from Latin lens (genitive lentis) "lentil," on analogy of the double-convex shape. See lentil. Of the eye from 1719.
In the vernacular of the photographer, anyone crowding to the front of a group, staring into the lens, or otherwise attracting attention to himself is known as a "lens louse." ["American Photography," vol. 40, 1946; the term dates from 1915]

noun glass for vision

Example sentences :

The oculist from whom you obtained your lenses will tell you their magnifying power.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various

The Argand lamp of 1812 was not at all powerful and the lenses used were far from perfect.
Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett

Finally the lenses have to be centred, an essential operation in this case.
Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall

She looked through the lenses and gave a cry of astonishment.
Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

Pupils, lights and lenses, all came to a glittering focus on me.
Extract from : « Man Made » by Albert R. Teichner

He pointed upward, and the lenses of the cameras followed his finger.
Extract from : « Mercenary » by Dallas McCord Reynolds

She is a manufacturer of lenses, and has been experimenting on microscopes.
Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley

And you shall have 265 these glasses just as soon as the lenses can be ground.
Extract from : « The Girl from Sunset Ranch » by Amy Bell Marlowe

Got to have it for lenses and controls for the fifth-order forces.
Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith

In an upper story I placed my telescopes and lenses, my crucibles and retorts.
Extract from : « A Strange Story, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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