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What is the difference between lens and objective?

lens | objective |

As nouns the difference between lens and objective

is that lens is an object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it while objective is a material object that physically exists.

As a verb lens

is to film, shoot.

As a adjective objective is

of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.

lens

English

(wikipedia lens)

Noun

(es)
  • An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field.}}
  • A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams.
  • (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune.
  • (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean.
  • (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Fenella Saunders, magazine=(American Scientist)
    • , title= Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture , passage=The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.}}
  • (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something.
  • * 2004 April 11, Ann Hulbert, "Are the Kids All Right?", in (The New York Times Magazine) , page 11:
    • If "the public looks at the condition of America's children largely through a negative lens ," worries Child Trends promote child well-being."

    Derived terms

    * contact lens * fisheye lens * lenticel * lenticular * lenticule * lentil * long lens * long-focus lens * macro lens * normal lens * telephoto lens * wide-angle lens * zoom lens

    Verb

  • To film, shoot.
  • (geology) To become thinner towards the edges.

    • objective

    English

    (Objectivity)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
  • Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
  • Based on observed facts.
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  • (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
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    • Usage notes

    * Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.

    Antonyms

    * subjective

    Derived terms

    * nonobjective * objective correlative * objectivity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A material object that physically exists.
  • A goal that is striven for.
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    • Objectives' are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your ' objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
  • (grammar) The objective case; a noun or pronoun in that case.
  • The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.

    • Synonyms

    * See also