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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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