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lens noun

  /lɛnz/
  • An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  • A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  • (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  • (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
 lentille
  • (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
 cristallin, lentille

lens verb

  /lɛnz/
  • (transitive, cinematography) To film, shoot.
 filmer
contact lens
lentille de contact, verre de contact
wide-angle lens
grand-angle, objectif grand angulaire
telephoto lens
téléobjectif
gravitational lens
lentille gravitationnelle, mirage gravitationnel, macrolentille
Fresnel lens
lentille de Fresnel
fisheye lens
fisheye, objectif fisheye, objectif hypergone
zoom lens
objectif à focale variable, zoom
macro lens
objectif macro
lens cap
capuchon de l'objectif
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