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optical device which transmits and refracts light
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lens

Summary

lens ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lens is a type of optical component[2].
  • lens is part of camera lens[3].
  • lens is used for firelighting[4].
  • lens is used for magnifying glass[5].
  • lens is used for objective[6].
  • lens's Commons category is recorded as Lenses[7].
  • lens's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lenses[8].
  • lens's Commons gallery is recorded as Lenses[9].
  • lens's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10].
  • lens's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • lens's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • lens's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • lens's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[14].
  • lens's has characteristic is recorded as dioptric power[15].
  • lens's has characteristic is recorded as transmittance[16].
  • lens's has characteristic is recorded as refractive index[17].
  • lens's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9597[18].
  • lens's different from is recorded as Lens[19].
  • lens's uses is recorded as light[20].
  • lens's uses is recorded as refraction[21].
  • lens's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q116591763[22].
  • lens's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
  • lens's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[24].

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Definition and Type

lens is a type of optical component[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include firelighting[4], magnifying glass[5], and objective[6]. lens is part of camera lens[3].

Why It Matters

lens ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).[1] lens has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] lens is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Has characteristic → dioptric power, transmittance, refractive index
    Subclass of → optical component
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3024, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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