Lens
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A lens can be:
- Lens (optics), an optical element. See also Category:Lenses, and:
- Lens (anatomy), a part of the eye
- Corrective lens for vision correction
- Photographic lens, a special type of lens used in a camera. See also Category:Photographic lenses
- Sunglasses' lenses, which are light-attenuating elements
- Hence:
- Gravitational lens, an astronomical effect
- Electrostatic lens, a device used to focus or collimate electron beams
- a metaphor for a point of view
- a science-fictional alien device in E. E. Smith's Lensman series, which gives its bearer telepathic and other abilities
- Lens (genus), the genus of the lentil plant
- Lens (geometry), a geometric shape formed from two arcs
- Lens (geology), a body of ore or rock that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges
There are also places called Lens:
- Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
- RC Lens, its football (soccer) club
- Lens, Belgium
- Lens, Valais, Switzerland
People named Lens include:
- Louis Lens, Flemish rose breeder
LENS can be an acronym for:
- Laser Engineered Net Shaping, a rapid prototyping technology capable of building fully-dense metal parts
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