Meaning & use
lens
A curved piece of glass or plastic that bends light to focus, magnify, or correct vision.
See it in a sentence
She cleaned the camera lens carefully before taking photos of the sunset.
His new glasses used a thinner lens to reduce the weight on his nose.
A note on using this word
Lens is also used figuratively to describe a particular perspective, as in 'viewing history through a modern lens.'
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A particular way of looking at or interpreting a subject or situation.
The professor examined the novel through the lens of colonial history.
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