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Lens Bre /Lenz/Name /Lenz/Noun 1 A Curved Piece Glass Plastic Makes

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Back BrE /lenz/NAmE /lenz/noun


1 a curved piece of glass or plastic that makes things look larger, smaller or clearer when you look through ita pair of glasses with tinted lenses a camera with an adjustable lens a lens cap/cover see also fisheye lens, telephoto lens, wide-angle lens, zoom lens

2 (informal) = contact lensHave you got your lenses in?

3 (anatomy) the transparent part of the eye, behind the pupil, that focuses light so that you can see clearly

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