lens
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
Types & categories
- optical device hypernym
- anastigmat hyponym
- anastigmatic lens hyponym
- camera lens hyponym
- compound lens hyponym
- optical condenser hyponym
- contact lens hyponym
- converging lens hyponym
- crown lens hyponym
- diverging lens hyponym
- eyepiece hyponym
- field lens hyponym
- Fresnel lens hyponym
- intraocular lens hyponym
- meniscus hyponym
- monocle hyponym
- objective lens hyponym
Parts & wholes
- optical instrument part holonym
Sense 2 noun
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood
the writer is the lens through which history can be seen
Types & categories
- communication channel hypernym
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- trope domain usage
Sense 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
Types & categories
- organ hypernym
Parts & wholes
- eye part holonym
- lens cortex part meronym
- lens capsule part meronym
Sense 4 noun
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
Types & categories
- electronic equipment hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | optical instrument |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | optical device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anastigmat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anastigmatic lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | camera lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compound lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | optical condenser |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contact lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | converging lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crown lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diverging lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyepiece |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | field lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Fresnel lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intraocular lens |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meniscus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | monocle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | objective lens |
| 2 | domain usage | Related & opposite | trope |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication channel |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eye |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lens cortex |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lens capsule |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organ |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic equipment |