lentille

Definitions of lentille
  1. noun
    a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
    synonyms: verre
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    objectif d'une caméra
    a lens that focuses the image in a camera
    monocle
    lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
    téléobjectif, zoom
    a camera lens that magnifies the image
    grand-angulaire, objectif grand angle, objectif à grand angle
    a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery
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    système optique
    a device for producing or controlling light
  2. noun
    biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina
    synonyms: verre
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    organe
    a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
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