Definition of Lenses

1. Noun. (plural of lens) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lenses

1. lens [n] - See also: lens

Medical Definition of Lenses

1. Pieces of glass or other transparent materials used for magnification or increased visual acuity. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenses

lens maker
lens neutral proteinase
lens pits
lens sutures
lens system
lensboard
lensboards
lense
lensectomy
lensed
lenseless
lenses (current term)
lensing
lensings
lensless
lenslike
lensmaker
lensmakers
lensmaking
lensman
lensmen
lensometer
lensopathy
lent a hand
lent an ear
lent lily

Literary usage of Lenses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In a somewhat less degree accuracy of form and finish is required in spectacle lenses. The following list comprises the usual forms of lenses in commercial ..."

2. Manual of the diseases of the eye by Charles Henry May (1901)
"Spherical lenses may be considered as made up of a number of ... In convex lenses the prisms are placed with their buses to- i/i-tlii-r ..."

3. The Microscope: Its History, Construction, and Applications: Being a by Jabez Hogg (1886)
"lenses are usually defined as pieces of glass, or other transparent substances, having their two surfaces so formed that the rays of light, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1887)
"Instead of the lenses revolving round the central light two or more lights ... The author uses two instead of six or eight lenses, and by intermitting the ..."

5. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Augustin Privat-Deschanel (1898)
"Forms of lenses.—A lens is usually a piece of glass bounded by two ... Converging lenses or convex lenses, which have one or other of the three forms ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The distance of the lenses should be 2. There should be a perforated diaphragm at ... (2) For an eyepiece of Ramsden's type the two lenses should be ..."

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