Lens (disambiguation)
Introduction A '''lens''' is an optical element which converges or diverges light. '''Lens''' may also refer to:
Optics * Lens (anatomy), a part of the eye* Corrective lens for correction of human vision** Contact lens, placed on the cornea of the eye* Camera lens, a lens designed for use on a camera=== Other radiation focus and forces ===* Gravitational lens, a massive astronomical object which causes visual distortions* Electrostatic lens, a device used to focus or collimate electron beams* Explosive lens, a shaped explosive charge with focused blast
Places * Lens, Pas-de-Calais, a city in Northern France * Arrondissement of Lens, an arrondissement in the Pas-de-Calais département of France** RC Lens, a football (soccer) club from Lens, France* Lens, Belgium* Lens, Valais, Switzerland
Science * ''Lens'' (plant), the genus of the lentil plant* Lens (geometry), a geometric shape formed from two arcs* Lens (geology), a body of ore or rock that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges* Lens (hydrology), a layer of fresh water derived from rainfall, overlying saline groundwater* Kamera lens (biology), a unicellular, flagellate organism and the only species of the genus Kamera. * Ice lens
Computing * Filter (social media), sometimes called a lens* Google Lens, an augmented reality feature for smartphones* Microsoft Lens, a document scanning feature part of Microsoft Office* Bidirectional transformation in computer science
Other uses * ''Lens'' (film), a 2016 Indian film made simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil* "Lens" (song), by Alanis Morissette, 2012* "Lens" (''The Leftovers''), a 2015 television episode* The Lens, an online patent search facility and knowledge resource* The Lens (band), a predecessor of IQ, a British neo-progressive rock group* The Lens (website), in-depth news and investigations for New Orleans, USA* European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS)* Laser engineered net shaping, a rapid prototyping technology capable of building fully dense metal parts* Lens (surname)* Lens, a fictional alien device in E. E. Smith's Lensman series* Perspective (cognitive)
See also * Len (disambiguation)* Lense (disambiguation)