Quite a number of people seem to spell it as "lense" (used as singular form), but isn't it "lens" instead?
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Lense (sic)
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Didn't know got people spell as lense..... really have or did they mean to write lenses but missed the s?
Nah, most of the time the singular form was intended.
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Yeah that one I do keep seeing around..... looks very weird and irritating... how do you pronounce.. len? urrgh
I guess they think that if Lenses is plural then you take away the s and it's singular. thus lense
"Lense" or "Len" used as singular makes me cringe as much as the following :
1. Shuttle (for shutter) E.g. What's your shuttle speed? Which one? Columbia?
2. Aperature (for aperture). Dunno where this came from.
3. Less common : Flim for Film
Regards
CK
1. Shuttle (for shutter) E.g. What's your shuttle speed? Which one? Columbia?
2. Aperature (for aperture). Dunno where this came from.
3. Less common : Flim for Film
Regards
CK
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[19] stibnite % dict lense ~ [15:43]
No definitions found for "lense", perhaps you mean:
web1913: Lese Lene Lens Lenses Cense Dense Mense Sense
Tense Lease Leese lente
wn: lens cense dense sense tense lease
gazetteer: L'Anse
jargon: tense
foldoc: tense
[20] stibnite % dict lens ~ [15:44]
3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lens \Lens\ (l[e^]nz), n.; pl. {Lenses} (-[e^]z). [L. lens a
lentil. So named from the resemblance in shape of a double
convex lens to the seed of a lentil. Cf. {Lentil}.] (Opt.)
A piece of glass, or other transparent substance, ground with
two opposite regular surfaces, either both curved, or one
curved and the other plane, and commonly used, either singly
or combined, in optical instruments, for changing the
direction of rays of light, and thus magnifying objects, or
otherwise modifying vision. In practice, the curved surfaces
are usually spherical, though rarely cylindrical, or of some
other figure. Lenses
Note: Of spherical lenses, there are six varieties, as shown
in section in the figures herewith given: viz., a
plano-concave; b double-concave; c plano-convex; d
double-convex; e converging concavo-convex, or
converging meniscus; f diverging concavo-convex, or
diverging meniscus.
{Crossed lens} (Opt.), a double-convex lens with one radius
equal to six times the other.
{Crystalline lens}. (Anat.) See {Eye}.
{Fresnel lens} (Opt.), a compound lens formed by placing
around a central convex lens rings of glass so curved as
to have the same focus; used, especially in lighthouses,
for concentrating light in a particular direction; -- so
called from the inventor.
{Multiplying} {lens or glass} (Opt.), a lens one side of
which is plane and the other convex, but made up of a
number of plane faces inclined to one another, each of
which presents a separate image of the object viewed
through it, so that the object is, as it were, multiplied.
{Polyzonal lens}. See {Polyzonal}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Humor \Hu"mor\, n. [OE. humour, OF. humor, umor, F. humeur, L.
humor, umor, moisture, fluid, fr. humere, umere, to be moist.
See {Humid}.] [Written also {humour}.]
1. Moisture, especially, the moisture or fluid of animal
bodies, as the chyle, lymph, etc.; as, the humors of the
eye, etc.
Note: The ancient physicians believed that there were four
humors (the blood, phlegm, yellow bile or choler, and
black bile or melancholy), on the relative proportion
of which the temperament and health depended.
2. (Med.) A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often
causes an eruption on the skin. ``A body full of humors.''
--Sir W. Temple.
3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly
supposed to depend on the character or combination of the
fluids of the body); disposition; temper; mood; as, good
humor; ill humor.
Examine how your humor is inclined, And which the
ruling passion of your mind. --Roscommon.
A prince of a pleasant humor. --Bacon.
I like not the humor of lying. --Shak.
4. pl. Changing and uncertain states of mind; caprices;
freaks; vagaries; whims.
Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and
discretion? Has he not humors to be endured?
--South.
5. That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an
incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite
laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations;
a playful fancy; facetiousness.
For thy sake I admit That a Scot may have humor, I'd
almost said wit. --Goldsmith.
A great deal of excellent humor was expended on the
perplexities of mine host. --W. Irving.
{Aqueous humor}, {Crystalline humor} or {lens}, {Vitreous
humor}. (Anat.) See {Eye}.
{Out of humor}, dissatisfied; displeased; in an unpleasant
frame of mind.
Syn: Wit; satire; pleasantry; temper; disposition; mood;
frame; whim; fancy; caprice. See {Wit}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
lens
n 1: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge
transmitted light and to form images [syn: {lens system}]
2: genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves
and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened
pods: lentils [syn: {Lens}, {genus Lens}]
3: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the
eye; it focuses light waves on the retina [syn: {crystalline
lens}]
4: electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field
in order to focus a beam of electrons [syn: {electron lens}]sorry to sound anal, but you know, this is a photography forum, and if even in a photography forum people can't even get the spelling of one of the most basic equipment of photography, it's really quite sad.
i am going to embark on a mission! i'm going to point out all future usage of "lense", hope i can at least educate one fundamental here. :bsmilie:
i am going to embark on a mission! i'm going to point out all future usage of "lense", hope i can at least educate one fundamental here. :bsmilie:
haha...but hor.
this forum isn't just created for singaporeans leh.... there are foreigners who are not as well-versed in english but who wishes to participate in the forum
this forum isn't just created for singaporeans leh.... there are foreigners who are not as well-versed in english but who wishes to participate in the forum
wacko said:
at least people hardly ask about shuttle speed anymore. If I recall, its about 10,000 km/h at re-entry.
on the other hand, maybe its because people like to talk about equipment more than about photo technique nowadays.
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