Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "lens" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

camera device requires optics eye glasses microscope telescope

Capable Of

bend stream deflect objects from path

Derived Terms

Barlow lens Fresnel lens Mediterranean lens Petzval lens achromatic lens best form lens burning lens capsule of lens circle contact lens circle lens close-up lens contact lens converging lens convex lens corrective lens corrugated lens crystalline lens delens digital single-lens reflex digital single-lens reflex camera dual-lens reflex echelon lens explosive lens eye lens field lens fish-eye lens fisheye lens goniolens gravitational lens hyperlens immersion lens kit lens lens blank lens board lens brush lens cap lens flare lens louse lensatic lensectomy lenser lensfree lenshound lensless lenslet lenslike lensmaker lensmaking lensman lensmeter lensoid lensoidal lensometry lenswoman lenticel lenticular lenticule lentil lentoid long lens long-focus lens macro lens macrolens magnetic lens metalens microlens multiplying lens nanolens narrow-angle lens normal lens objective lens ocular lens pancake lens pebble lens prime lens semilens shoot the lens single lens reflex single-lens reflex spot lens standard lens sublens superlens telephoto lens telephotographic lens twin-lens reflex varifocal lens water lens wide-angle lens zoom lens zoom-lens reflex

Context

anatomy biology earth science geology geometry

Has Property

singular

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

channel communication channel electronic equipment line optical device organ

Type Of (IsA)

achromatism anatomical structure channel electronic equipment optical device organ part of camera's optics piece of transparent material plant rosid dicot genus tangible thing translucence

Made Of

glass

Part Of

camera eye eyeglasses microscope optical instrument pair of glasses person's eye

Receives Action

found on cameras

Related Terms

bean camera camera lens camera part contact convex crystalline curves defocus device electron eye eyes film focus for eyes frames genus glass glasses glasses frames glasses glass in glasses legume lune magnifier microscope microscope glass ocular optical optical device optics part photography reading reading glasses

Used For

bending light building into binoculars building into microscopes building into telescopes cameras correct bad vision correcting defective eyesight eyeglasses focus light focusing image focusing light helping people to see jeweler's loupe look through magnification magnify magnify object magnify what looking at magnifying objects making glasses microscope see better see close objects more clearly see far objects more clearly telescope view far galaxies

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.