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corrective lens

corrective lens noun: a lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.

Noun

corrective lens (plural corrective lenses)

  1. A lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.
    • Her driver's licence requires her to wear corrective lenses while driving.
    • An optometer is an instrument for measuring refractive errors in eyes—in order that corrective lenses may be prescribed.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 3, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 71

Forms of corrective lens

pluralcorrective lenses

Questions about corrective lens

What does corrective lens mean?
Corrective lens means a lens worn in front of the eye to correct disorders of the vision such as myopia.
What part of speech is corrective lens?
Corrective lens is a noun.
What is the plural of corrective lens?
The plural of corrective lens is corrective lenses.

Words near corrective lens in the dictionary

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