(n) a lens implant containing a hinge that allows for both near and far vision (thus mimicking the natural lens of a young person), Syn.accommodating IOL
(n) a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms, Example: the first declension in Latin
(n) biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina, Syn.crystalline lens, lens of the eye
(n) a clear plastic lens that is implanted in the eye; usually done when the natural lens has been removed in a cataract operation, Syn.interocular lens implant, IOL
(n) an active volcano in the Cascade Range in southwestern Washington; erupted violently in 1980 after 123 years of inactivity, Syn.Mount St. Helens, Mt. St. Helens
(n) a type of lens implant that contains several rings with a common center and adjusts for near or far vision; the eye is in focus for near and far vision simultaneously, Syn.multifocal IOL
(n) a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length); produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery, Syn.fisheye lens
(n) deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood, Syn.kiaat, Pterocarpus angolensis
(n) widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder, Syn.lentil plant, Lens culinaris
n. [ Apparently corrupted fr. F. déclinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See Decline, and cf. Declination. ] 1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The declension of the land from that place to the sea. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. (Gram.) (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc.(c) Rehearsing a word as declined. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]
Declension of the needle, declination of the needle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl.Lenses [ L. lens a lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. Lentil. ] (Opt.) A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some other figure. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lenses [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or diverging meniscus. [ 1913 Webster ]
Crossed lens (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius equal to six times the other. -- Crystalline lens. (Anat.) See Eye. -- Fresnel lens (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses, for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so called from the inventor. -- Multiplying lensor Multiplying glass (Opt.), a lens one side of which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of which presents a separate image of the object viewed through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied. -- Polyzonal lens. See Polyzonal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a camera lens designed to focus at short distances so as to achieve photographic magnifications of objects larger than with standard lenses. [ PJC ]
n. a special compound camera lens with a long effective focal length but used in a camera with a short focal length, allowing large images to be obtained of distant objects when used in a camera in place of an ordinary lens; -- called also telephotographic lens. [ PJC ]
[たま, tama] (n) (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb; (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; (3) (esp. 球) ball (in sports); (4) pile (of noodles, etc.); (5) (esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸) bullet; (6) (esp. 球) bulb (i.e. a light bulb); (7) lens (of glasses, etc.); (8) (esp. 玉, 珠) bead (of an abacus); (9) (sl) (abbr) (esp. 玉) (See 金玉・きんたま) ball (i.e. a testicle); (10) (esp. 玉, 珠; also written as 璧) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); (12) (derog) person (when commenting on their nature); character; (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot; (n, n-suf) (14) (See 玉子・2) egg; (n-suf) (15) (usu. だま) coin; (16) precious; beautiful; excellent; (P) #2,007[Add to Longdo]
[zakkuri] (adv, vs) (1) roughly; approximately; loosely; (2) cutting or breaking apart with vigour; (3) deeply (cut or split); (4) rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita); (5) sound of treading on pebbles [Add to Longdo]
[ナぎょうへんかくかつよう, na gyouhenkakukatsuyou] (n) { ling } irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of verbs ending in "nu" (in written Japanese) [Add to Longdo]
[bengaruootokage] (n) Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia); common Indian monitor [Add to Longdo]
[ラぎょうへんかくかつよう, ra gyouhenkakukatsuyou] (n) irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) [Add to Longdo]
[ラへん, ra hen] (n) (abbr) (See ラ行変格活用) irregular conjugation (inflection, declension) of a limited number of verbs ending in "ru" (in written Japanese) [Add to Longdo]
[だてメガネ(伊達メガネ);だてめがね(伊達眼鏡), date megane ( date megane ); datemegane ( date megane )] (n) glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses [Add to Longdo]
[しもにだんかつよう, shimonidankatsuyou] (n) conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation) [Add to Longdo]
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