lens

  1. Noun.  An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  2. Noun.  A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  3. Noun.  (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  4. Noun.  (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
  5. Noun.  (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
  6. Noun.  (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To film, shoot.
  8. Verb.  (geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

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