noun
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
• Syn: ↑lens, ↑lens system
• Hypernyms: ↑optical device
• Hyponyms:
↑anastigmat, ↑anastigmatic lens, ↑camera lens, ↑optical lens, ↑compound lens, ↑condenser, ↑optical condenser, ↑contact, ↑contact lens, ↑converging lens, ↑convex lens, ↑crown lens, ↑diverging lens, ↑concave lens, ↑eyepiece, ↑ocular, ↑field lens, ↑Fresnel lens, ↑intraocular lens, ↑meniscus, ↑monocle, ↑eyeglass, ↑objective, ↑objective lens, ↑object lens, ↑object glass
• Part Holonyms: ↑optical instrument
Useful english dictionary. 2012.