contact lens
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noun
one of a pair of small plastic disks that are held in place over the cornea by surface tension and correct vision defects inconspicuously.
Origin of contact lens
1First recorded in 1885–90
- Compare hard lens, intraocular lens, soft lens.
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How to use contact lens in a sentence
They are a very clever design; imagine a white donut painted on a contact lens, and the effect is ultra creepy.
British Dictionary definitions for contact lens
contact lens
noun
a thin convex lens, usually of plastic, which floats on the layer of tears in front of the cornea to correct defects of vision
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