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Definition of Lense
1. Noun. A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.
Specialized synonyms: Anastigmat, Anastigmatic Lens, Camera Lens, Optical Lens, Compound Lens, Condenser, Optical Condenser, Contact, Contact Lens, Converging Lens, Convex Lens, Crown Lens, Concave Lens, Diverging Lens, Eyepiece, Ocular, Field Lens, Fresnel Lens, Intraocular Lens, Meniscus, Eyeglass, Monocle, Object Glass, Object Lens, Objective, Objective Lens
Generic synonyms: Optical Device
Group relationships: Optical Instrument
Definition of Lense
1. Noun. (misspelling of lens) (presumably a back-formation from the plural lenses) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lense
1. lens [n -S] - See also: lens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lense
Literary usage of Lense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California: Adopted March 11 by California, Charles Howard Fairall (1909)
"No omission, error, or irregularity in the proceedings shall impair or invalidate
the same, or the lense made in pursuance ..."
2. Military Topography and Photography by Floyd D. Carlock (1916)
"THE lense. With the modification that the camera box, must, of course, be light
tight, of good construction, and the shutter a good one, the statement that, ..."
3. Dictionary of the Hausa Language by Charles Henry Robinson, Hausa Association, London (1913)
"... Senega- lense, a gum used as incense is obtained from its roots. taura (Fulani
id. = turned down horns of a cow), curls, or locks of hair at the side of ..."
4. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"... ad. malignantly Malevolence, mi-lev'vi-lense. *. ill will, malignity Man, iM.-ii.
ra to furnish with men ; tj Manacles, ..."
5. Records (1918)
"The larger western lense has an average width of 5 to 6 ft. and extends to a depth
... On the west next to the graphitic lense there are thin stringers of ..."
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