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

First 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.
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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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