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According to WordNet, the noun "lens" has 4 sense(s).

105320362 biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina.

103656957 electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons.

106261060 (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can be seen".

103656484 a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images.

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