Lens
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Lens may refer to:
Optics
- Lens (optics), an optical element which converges or diverges light
- Lens (anatomy), a part of the eye
- Corrective lens for correction of human vision
- Contact lens, placed on the cornea of the eye
- Photographic lens, a lens designed for use on a camera
Focusing of other radiation and forces
- Gravitational lens, a massive astronomical object
- Electrostatic lens, a device used to focus or collimate electron beams
- Explosive lens, a shaped explosive charge with focused blast
- Microwave lens, used to focus microwave radiation in slotted waveguide antennas
Lentil-shaped things
- Lens (genus), 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 (groundwater), a layer of fresh water derived from rainfall, overlying saline groundwater
Places
- Arrondissement of Lens, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, France
- Lens, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in that arrondissement
- RC Lens, its football (soccer) club
- Lens, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in that arrondissement
- Lens, Belgium
- Lens, Valais, Switzerland
Other uses
- Laser engineered net shaping, a rapid prototyping technology capable of building fully-dense metal parts
- Perspective (cognitive) or lens
- Lens, a fictional alien device in E. E. Smith's Lensman series
- Lens (album), an album by Mohammad Pazhutan
People with the surname
- Louis Lens, Flemish rose breeder
- Nicholas Lens, Belgian composer
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