eye lens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of eye lens
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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But they have been known to blind some - in the last fortnight a cyclist made the news after revealing a serial dive-bomber had left him needing major surgery and a prosthetic eye lens.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2023
But that fish- eye lens just stared back at her, impassive, unblinking.
From The Verge ● Jun. 11, 2019
Instead, the team decided to measure levels of radioactive carbon-14 in fibres in the centre of the shark’s eye lens.
From Nature ● Aug. 10, 2016
The fluid inside the eye is normally high in vitamin C, which helps prevent oxidation that leads to clouding of the eye lens.
From US News ● Mar. 24, 2016
With such a lens the magnifying power of the telescope is measured by the ratio of the focal length of the objective to that of the eye lens.
From Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers by Garrett Putman Serviss
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