Lens

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1.

(Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. Crossed lens (Opt.) a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. Crystalline lens (Anat.) See Eye. Fresnel lens (Opt.) a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; - so called from the inventor. Multiplying lens (Opt.) a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. Polyzonal lens See Polyzonal.

Noun	1.	lens - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images Synonyms: lens system, lense
	2.	Lens - genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils Synonyms: genus Lens
	3.	lens - (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen"
	4.	lens - biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; it focuses light waves on the retina Synonyms: crystalline lens
	5.	lens - electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons Synonyms: electron lens

To see lens in your dream, symbolize the need for you to take a closer and better look at things. You need to concentrate and focus on a situation that has long been neglected.baby blues, banjo eyes, bright eyes, clear eyes, cornea, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, iris, lid, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, pupil, retina, saucer eyes, sclera, starry orbs, unaided eye, visual organ

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