Lens (disambiguation) explained

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

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

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

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

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)