Words / B1

LENZ/lenz/

A lens is curved glass or plastic that focuses light: glasses lenses; a camera lens; the lens of the eye. Through the lens of means from that point of view. Glass is not a synonym. Science: clean the lens before you photograph the experiment.

Meaning

A curved piece of glass or plastic that focuses light, in glasses, cameras, or the eye.

Examples

• “Clean the lens before you photograph the experiment.”
• “The film looks at housing through the lens of one estate, which is the viewpoint sense.”

Good to know

a camera / contact lens. Plural: lenses. Idiom: through the lens of. Mix-up: lends (verb). Science / media essays.

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