1. (noun) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• lens system
• lense

2. (noun) genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

• genus lens

3. (noun) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina

• crystalline lens
• lens of the eye

4. (noun) electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

• electron lens

1. (noun) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• anastigmat
• anastigmatic lens
• camera lens
• optical lens
• compound lens
• concave lens
• diverging lens
• condenser
• optical condenser
• contact
• contact lens
• converging lens
• convex lens
• crown lens
• eyeglass
• monocle
• eyepiece
• ocular
• field lens
• fresnel lens
• intraocular lens
• meniscus
• object glass
• object lens
• objective
• objective lens

1. (noun) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images

• optical device

2. (noun) genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

• rosid dicot genus

3. (noun) (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

• channel
• communication channel
• line

4. (noun) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina

• organ

5. (noun) electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons

• electronic equipment

1. (noun) genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils

• papilionoideae
• subfamily papilionoideae