Phrase Hound found 48 phrases and 12 compound words that contain lenses. The most common are listed below. Open lenses in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 48
- contact lensesplural of contact lens: A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.
- circle lensesplural of circle lens: Circle contact lens.
- objective lensesplural of objective lens: A lens or a system of lenses in a microscope or telescope that is located nearest to the object that is being viewed.
- water lensesplural of water lens: A simple lens formed by placing a few drops of water in a small brass cell with blackened sides and a glass bottom.
- zoom lensesplural of zoom lens: A lens containing a mechanical assembly of inner lenses, allowing the focal length to be changed rapidly.
- corrective lensesplural of corrective lens: A lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.
- circle contact lensesplural of circle contact lens: A cosmetic contact lens that makes the eyes' irises appear larger, popular in East Asia.
- rose-colored lensesAlternative form of rose-colored glasses: A cognitive or perceptual bias where an individual views something in an overly optimistic or positive light, often failing to recognize its negative aspects.
- convex lensesplural of convex lens: A lens having at least one convex surface, such that light passing through it may be brought to a focus.
- gravitational lensesplural of gravitational lens: A distribution of matter whose gravitational field bends the path of light rays sufficiently to distort, magnify or multiply images of more distant objects.
- ocular lensesplural of ocular lens: The lens (or the component containing a combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.
- Ghyben-Herzberg lensesplural of Ghyben-Herzberg lens: Synonym of lens (“a convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater”)
- burning lensesplural of burning lens: A large convex lens or concave mirror that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface.
- eye lensesplural of eye lens: Synonym of lens (“part of the eye”).
- field lensesplural of field lens: a positive-powered lens or group of lenses that comes after the objective lens and before the image plane or the eyepiece, serving to change the size of the image
- kit lensesplural of kit lens: A camera lens that is bundled with a camera body, usually at a discount price.
- long lensesplural of long lens: A telephoto lens.
- magnetic lensesplural of magnetic lens: a magnetic field with axial symmetry capable of converging a beam of charged particles of uniform velocity and of forming images of objects placed in the path of such beam
- normal lensesplural of normal lens: A lens which produces an image similar in detail and angular perspective to the view produced by the human eye, as distinct from a wide-angle lens or a telephoto lens.
- spot lensesplural of spot lens: A condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the "spot"), and used in darkfield illumination.
- standard lensesplural of standard lens: A lens which produces an image similar in detail and angular perspective to the view produced by the human eye, as distinct from a wide-angle lens or a telephoto lens.
- macro lensesplural of macro lens: A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.
- pickup lensesplural of pickup lens: The laser lens used in an optical drive, such as a CD or DVD player.
- Mediterranean lensesSynonym of meddy: A large, gently spinning region of warm water that carries saline water from the mouth of the Mediterranean into the Atlantic.
- freshwater lensesplural of freshwater lens: Synonym of lens (“a convex layer of fresh groundwater that floats above the denser saltwater”)
Compound words 12
- barlensesplural of barlens: A lens-like component of a barred spiral galaxy whose extent along the bar major axis is shorter than the bar
- Callensesplural of Callens: A surname from Dutch.
- hyperlensesplural of hyperlens: A nanostructured metamaterial that produces magnified images of objects smaller than the wavelength of the light used
- macrolensesplural of macrolens: A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.
- metalensesplural of metalens: A lens made from a metamaterial
- microlensesplural of microlens: A microscopic lens
- nanolensesplural of nanolens: A nanoscale lens
- semilensesplural of semilens: The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis; a lens that is flat on one side and curved on the other.
- sublensesplural of sublens: A lens (in various senses) making up part of a greater lens.
- superlensesplural of superlens: Any of several lenses, often built using material with negative refractive index, that can resolve images having dimensions less than that of the wavelength of light used.