See lēca on Wiktionary
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"light",
"light#English"
],
[
"ray",
"ray#English"
],
[
"produce",
"produce#English"
],
[
"image",
"image#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(optics) lens (a clear, transparent body in various forms, usually made of glass, used to change the direction of incoming light rays so as to produce images)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"optics",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"lv:Anatomy"
],
"examples": [
{
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
95,
99
]
],
"english": "the eyeball has four transparent environments: the cornea, the aqueous humor, the (crystlline) lens and the vitreous body (= humor)",
"text": "acs ābolā ir četras caurspīdīgas vides: radzene, ūdeņainais šķidrums, lēca un stiklveida ķermenis",
"translation": "the eyeball has four transparent environments: the cornea, the aqueous humor, the (crystlline) lens and the vitreous body (= humor)",
"type": "example"
},
{
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104,
108
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],
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38,
42
]
],
"english": "the central part of the (crystalline) lens is located directly in front of the iris opening",
"text": "lēcas centrālā daļa novietota tieši pretī varavīksnenes atverei",
"translation": "the central part of the (crystalline) lens is located directly in front of the iris opening",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(crystalline) lens (part of the eye)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"lens",
"lens"
],
[
"eye",
"eye#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) (crystalline) lens (part of the eye)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[lǣːtsa]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-lēca.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg"
}
],
"word": "lēca"
}
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