"lens" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɛnz/ Audio: en-us-lens.ogg [US] Forms: lenses [plural], lens [obsolete, plural], lentes [plural, rare]
Rhymes: -ɛnz Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”); Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens"; a semantic loan from Arabic ⁧عَدْسَة⁩ (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lēns|t=lentil}} Latin lēns (“lentil”), {{semantic loan|en|ar|عَدْسَة|nocap=1|t=lentil; optic lens}} semantic loan from Arabic ⁧عَدْسَة⁩ (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|lens|lentes|pl2qual=obsolete|pl3qual=rare}} lens (plural lenses or (obsolete) lens or (rare) lentes)
  1. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. Translations (object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it): lente [feminine] (Albanian), ⁧عَدَسَة⁩ (ʕadasa) [feminine] (Arabic), ոսպնյակ (ospnyak) (Armenian), linza (Azerbaijani), leiar (Basque), лі́нза (línza) [feminine] (Belarusian), аб'екты́ў (abʺjektýŭ) (note: object glass of a camera) [masculine] (Belarusian), লেন্স (lenśo) (Bengali), ле́ща (léšta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), обекти́в (obektív) (note: object glass of a camera) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မှန်ဘီလူး (hmanbhilu:) (Burmese), lent [feminine] (Catalan), 透鏡 (Chinese Mandarin), 透镜 (tòujìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏡片 (Chinese Mandarin), 镜片 (jìngpiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏡頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 镜头 (jìngtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), čočka [feminine] (Czech), linse [common-gender] (Danish), lens [feminine] (Dutch), lenso (Esperanto), lääts (Estonian), linssi (Finnish), lentille [feminine] (French), lente [feminine] (Galician), ლინზა (linza) (Georgian), Linse [feminine] (German), φακός (fakós) [masculine] (Greek), ⁧עֲדָשָׁה⁩ (adashá) (Hebrew), लेंस (lẽs) [masculine] (Hindi), lencse (Hungarian), objektív [photography, hobbies, arts, lifestyle] (Hungarian), linsa [feminine] (Icelandic), lensa (Indonesian), kanta (Indonesian), lionsa [masculine] (Irish), lentille [feminine] (Italian), lente [feminine] (Italian), レンズ (renzu) (Japanese), линза (linza) (Kazakh), កែវ (kaew) (Khmer), 렌즈 (renjeu) (Korean), линза (linza) (Kyrgyz), ເລັນ (len) (Lao), ແວ່ນ (wǣn) (Lao), lēca [feminine] (Latvian), lęšis [masculine] (Lithuanian), ле́ќа (léḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), објектив (objektiv) (note: object glass of a camera) [masculine] (Macedonian), kanta (Malay), lensa (Malay), линз (linz) (Mongolian), linse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), objektiv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), linse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), objektiv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ⁧عدسی⁩ ('adasi) (Persian), Brellenglauss [neuter] (Plautdietsch), soczewka [feminine] (Polish), lente [feminine] (Portuguese), lentilă [feminine] (Romanian), ли́нза (línza) [feminine] (Russian), объекти́в (obʺjektív) (note: object glass of a camera) [masculine] (Russian), со̏чӣво [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), објѐктӣв (note: object glass of a camera) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȍčīvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), objèktīv (note: object glass of a camera) [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), leća [Croatia, Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), šošovka [feminine] (Slovak), leča [feminine] (Slovene), lente [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), lins [common-gender] (Swedish), objektiv [neuter] (Swedish), paningob (Tagalog), lente (Tagalog), линза (linza) (Tajik), เลนส์ (len) (Thai), แว่น (wɛ̂n) (Thai), mercek (Turkish), adese (Turkish), lens (Turkish), linza (Turkmen), лі́нза (línza) [feminine] (Ukrainian), об'єкти́в (obʺjektýv) (note: object glass of a camera) [masculine] (Ukrainian), сочка (sočka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ⁧مَنْظُور⁩ (manzūr) [masculine] (Urdu), ⁧عَدْسَہ⁩ ('adsa) [masculine] (Urdu), linza (Uzbek), lente [feminine] (Venetian), lenta [feminine] (Venetian), lent [feminine] (Venetian), thấu kính (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-nbQXMq4K Disambiguation of 'object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it': 47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6
  2. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. Translations (device which focuses or defocuses electron beams): leiar (Basque), леща (lešta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), čočka [feminine] (Czech), lens [feminine] (Dutch), poikkeutuskela (Finnish), lentille [feminine] (French), Linse [feminine] (German), φακός (fakós) [masculine] (Greek), lēca [feminine] (Latvian), soczewka [feminine] (Polish), lente [feminine] (Portuguese), со́чка (sóčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-Ih2oQGI9 Disambiguation of 'device which focuses or defocuses electron beams': 6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1
  3. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs): lens [feminine] (Dutch), linssi (Finnish), lentille [feminine] (French), ли́нза (línza) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-pmMzkPOV Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs': 1 2 73 6 3 8 6 1
  4. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: genus of the legume family; its bean): linze (Dutch), linssi (Finnish), lentille [feminine] (French), ოსპი (osṗi) (Georgian), Linse [feminine] (German), φακή (fakí) [feminine] (Greek), ⁧עֲדָשָׁה⁩ (adashá) (Hebrew), lencse (Hungarian), lenticchia [feminine] (Italian), មសូរ (mĕəʼsou) (Khmer), lēcas [feminine, plural] (Latvian), леќа (leḱa) (Macedonian), linse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), soczewica [feminine] (Polish), lentilha [feminine] (Portuguese), linte [feminine] (Romanian), чечеви́ца (čečevíca) [feminine] (Russian), lins [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-cdl2RWOs Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: genus of the legume family; its bean': 0 1 4 86 2 2 4 0
  5. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye): ⁧عَدَسَة اَلْعَيْن⁩ (ʕadasat al-ʕayn) [feminine] (Arabic), кристалин (kristalin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 晶狀體 (Chinese Mandarin), 晶状体 (jīngzhuàngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 水晶體 (Chinese Mandarin), 水晶体 (shuǐjīngtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), čočka [feminine] (Czech), lens [feminine] (Dutch), kristallens (Dutch), mykiö (Finnish), linssi (Finnish), cristallin [masculine] (French), ლინზა (linza) (Georgian), Linse [feminine] (German), φακός (fakós) [masculine] (Greek), szemlencse (Hungarian), 水晶体 (suishōtai) (alt: すいしょうたい) (Japanese), កែវ (kaew) (Khmer), 수정체 (sujeongche) (alt: 水晶體) (Korean), lēca [feminine] (Latvian), hawêne [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), linse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), linse [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), soczewka [feminine] (Polish), cristalino [masculine] (Portuguese), cristalin [neuter] (Romanian), хруста́лик (xrustálik) [masculine] (Russian), cristalino (Spanish), lins [common-gender] (Swedish), แก้วตา (gɛ̂ɛo-dtaa) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-nQvD6H6G Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye': 1 2 5 7 68 4 11 1
  6. (earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens. Categories (topical): Earth sciences
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-dumS1QLZ
  7. (programming) A construct used in statically-typed functional programming languages to access nested data structures. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-nJA6jAbv Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  8. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-lens-en-noun-BFobZSAU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lense [misspelling]

Verb

IPA: /lɛnz/ Audio: en-us-lens.ogg [US] Forms: lenses [present, singular, third-person], lensing [participle, present], lensed [participle, past], lensed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnz Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”); Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of "lens"; a semantic loan from Arabic ⁧عَدْسَة⁩ (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lēns|t=lentil}} Latin lēns (“lentil”), {{semantic loan|en|ar|عَدْسَة|nocap=1|t=lentil; optic lens}} semantic loan from Arabic ⁧عَدْسَة⁩ (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lens (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)
  1. (transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Cinematography Translations (to film): filmer (French), filma (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-lens-en-verb-Dm1imzdI Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'to film': 100 0
  2. (geology) To become thinner towards the edges. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-lens-en-verb-mnh-brGQ Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lense [misspelling]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist",
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "ospnyak",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "ոսպնյակ"
        },
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "linza"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "leiar"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "línza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "roman": "abʺjektýŭ",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "аб'екты́ў"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "lenśo",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "লেন্স"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "léšta",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́ща"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "roman": "obektív",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "обекти́в"
        },
        {
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hmanbhilu:",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "မှန်ဘီလူး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "透鏡"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tòujìng",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "透镜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "鏡片"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìngpiàn",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "镜片"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "鏡頭"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìngtóu",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "镜头"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čočka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "linse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lenso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lääts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "linssi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "linza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "ლინზა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Linse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fakós",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φακός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "adashá",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "⁧עֲדָשָׁה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "lẽs",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "लेंस"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lencse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "topics": [
            "photography",
            "hobbies",
            "arts",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "objektív"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "linsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "kanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lionsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "renzu",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "レンズ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "linza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "линза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaew",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "កែវ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "renjeu",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "렌즈"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "linza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "линза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "len",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "ເລັນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "wǣn",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "ແວ່ນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lēca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lęšis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "léḱa",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ле́ќа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "roman": "objektiv",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "објектив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "kanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lensa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "linz",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "линз"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "linse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objektiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "linse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objektiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'adasi",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "⁧عدسی⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Brellenglauss"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soczewka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentilă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "línza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ли́нза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "roman": "obʺjektív",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "объекти́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "со̏чӣво"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "објѐктӣв"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sȍčīvo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "objèktīv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "Croatia",
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "leća"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šošovka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "leča"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "lins"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "objektiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "paningob"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "linza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "линза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "len",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "เลนส์"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wɛ̂n",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "แว่น"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "mercek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "adese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "lens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "linza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "línza",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "лі́нза"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "object glass of a camera",
          "roman": "obʺjektýv",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "об'єкти́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sočka",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сочка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "manzūr",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧مَنْظُور⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "'adsa",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "⁧عَدْسَہ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "linza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "47 8 8 10 6 4 10 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
          "word": "thấu kính"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams."
      ],
      "id": "en-lens-en-noun-Ih2oQGI9",
      "links": [
        [
          "electron",
          "electron"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "word": "leiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lešta",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "леща"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "čočka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lens"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "word": "poikkeutuskela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lentille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Linse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 85 2 2 1 2 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fakós",
          "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φακός"
        },
        {
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lentille"
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      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lente"
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      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "レンズ"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "linza",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "линза"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaew",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "កែវ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "renjeu",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "렌즈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "linza",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "линза"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "ເລັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "wǣn",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "ແວ່ນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lēca"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lęšis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "léḱa",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́ќа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "note": "object glass of a camera",
      "roman": "objektiv",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "објектив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "kanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "lensa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "linz",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "линз"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'adasi",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "⁧عدسی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Brellenglauss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soczewka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "línza",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́нза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "object glass of a camera",
      "roman": "obʺjektív",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "объекти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "со̏чӣво"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "object glass of a camera",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "објѐктӣв"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sȍčīvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "note": "object glass of a camera",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "objèktīv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leća"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šošovka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "leča"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lins"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "objektiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "paningob"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "linza",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "линза"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "len",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "เลนส์"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wɛ̂n",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "แว่น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "mercek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "adese"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "lens"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "linza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "línza",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лі́нза"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "object glass of a camera",
      "roman": "obʺjektýv",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "об'єкти́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sočka",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "manzūr",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧مَنْظُور⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "'adsa",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧عَدْسَہ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "linza"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lent"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "object focusing or defocusing the light passing through it",
      "word": "thấu kính"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "word": "leiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lešta",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "леща"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čočka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "word": "poikkeutuskela"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentille"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fakós",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φακός"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lēca"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soczewka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lente"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sóčka",
      "sense": "device which focuses or defocuses electron beams",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "со́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs",
      "word": "linssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "línza",
      "sense": "geometry: convex shape bounded by two circular arcs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ли́нза"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "linze"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "linssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentille"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "osṗi",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "ოსპი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fakí",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φακή"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "adashá",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "⁧עֲדָשָׁה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "lencse"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lenticchia"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mĕəʼsou",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "មសូរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "lēcas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "leḱa",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "word": "леќа"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soczewica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lentilha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "linte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čečevíca",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чечеви́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "biology: genus of the legume family; its bean",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lins"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕadasat al-ʕayn",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧عَدَسَة اَلْعَيْن⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kristalin",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кристалин"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "晶狀體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngzhuàngtǐ",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "晶状体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "水晶體"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuǐjīngtǐ",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "水晶体"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čočka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "kristallens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "mykiö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "linssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cristallin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "linza",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "ლინზა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Linse"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fakós",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φακός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "szemlencse"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すいしょうたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suishōtai",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "水晶体"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaew",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "កែវ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "水晶體",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sujeongche",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "수정체"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hawêne"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "word": "cristalino"
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      "sense": "anatomy: transparent crystalline structure in the eye",
      "word": "แก้วตา"
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}

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      "sense": "to film",
      "word": "filmer"
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