Word

lens, n.
freq. cnt. 5

a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

lens lens system lense

semantic pointers

hyponym

anastigmat anastigmatic lens camera lens, optical lens compound lens condenser, optical condenser contact, contact lens converging lens, convex lens crown lens diverging lens, concave lens eyepiece, ocular field lens Fresnel lens intraocular lens meniscus monocle, eyeglass objective, objective lens, object lens, object glass

hypernym

optical device

part holonym

optical instrument

electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
<noun.artifact>

electron lens lens

semantic pointers

hypernym

electronic equipment

biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
<noun.body>

crystalline lens lens lens of the eye

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hypernym

organ

part holonym

eye, oculus, optic

part meronym

lens cortex, cortex lens capsule

(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
<noun.communication>

lens

sample sentences

"the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"

semantic pointers

hypernym

line, channel, communication channel

domain of synset (usage)

figure of speech, image, trope, figure