Sekirov Dictionary

lens

/lɛnz/

noun 8
verb 2
forms 4

noun8

An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
A device which focuses or defocuses other waves or radiation, such as microwave radiation, electron beams, sound waves (acoustic lenses), or explosions (explosive lenses).
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(figurative) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
- If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens," worries Child Trends[…], "it may be more difficult to […] promote child well-being." — 2004
The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens.
A convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater, usually found on small coral or limestone islands and atolls.
A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures.

verb2

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To film, shoot.
- It’s set in an anonymous, upper-middle-class suburb, lensed in the generic gunmetal gray that will one day appear as dated as the fuzzy outlines of ’80s direct-to-video horror movies. — 2020
To become thinner towards the edges.

forms

lensed · lensing · lenses · lentes

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