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Detailed Translations for lens from English to French

lens:

lens [the ~] nom

  1. the lens (contact lens; contact)
    la lentille

Translation Matrix for lens:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
lentille contact; contact lens; lens lentil
- crystalline lens; electron lens; lens of the eye; lens system; lense

Related Words for "lens":

  • lenses

Synonyms for "lens":


Related Definitions for "lens":

  1. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images1
  2. electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons1
  3. biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina1
  4. (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood1
    • the writer is the lens through which history can be seen1

Wiktionary Translations for lens:

lens
verb
  1. to film
noun
  1. anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye
  2. geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs
  3. biology: genus of the legume family; its bean
  4. device which focuses or defocuses electron beams
  5. object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it
lens
noun
  1. anatomie|fr lentille biconvexe, de focale variable, transparente, situé dans le globe de l’œil.
  2. Verre taillé
  3. Systèmes optiques (3)

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
lens lentille Linse — transparenter Körper (zum Beispiel aus Glas) mit zwei gekrümmten nichtparallelen lichtbrechenden Flächen
lens objectif Objektiv — optisches System, das ein reelles Bild eines Objekts erzeugt

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