Engelsk navneord: lens |
1. | lens (om genstand) a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | lens system, lense |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | optical device |
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| Mere specifikke termer | anastigmat, anastigmatic lens, camera lens, compound lens, concave lens, condenser, contact, contact lens, converging lens, convex lens, crown lens, diverging lens, eyeglass, eyepiece, field lens, Fresnel lens, intraocular lens, meniscus, monocle, object glass, object lens, objective, objective lens, ocular, optical condenser, optical lens |
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| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | optical instrument |
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2. | Lens (om plante) genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened pods: lentils |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | genus Lens |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | rosid dicot genus |
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| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | Papilionoideae, subfamily Papilionoideae |
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3. | lens (om kommunikation) (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood |
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| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The writer is the lens through which history can be seen.
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| Mindre specifikke termer | channel, communication channel, line |
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| Overordnet anvendelse | figure, figure of speech, image, trope |
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4. | lens (i anatomi) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | crystalline lens, lens of the eye |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | organ |
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| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | cortex, lens capsule, lens cortex |
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| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | eye, oculus, optic |
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5. | lens (om genstand) electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons |
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| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | electron lens |
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| Mindre specifikke termer | electronic equipment |
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