lens


Meanings

  • a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
  • genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils
  • (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood;
    • "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
  • biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
  • electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
  • LENS n pl. -ES a piece of transparent material used in changing the convergence of light rays LENSLESS adj
  • LENS v -ED, -ING, -ES to make a film of


Scrabble Score: 4

lens is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

lens is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

lens is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 6

lens is a valid Words With Friends word