🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

렌즈

Pronunciation / Transliteration: lenjeu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lensing/ˈlɛn.sɪŋ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"렌즈는 빛을 집중시키는 데 사용됩니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of using a lens to focus or direct light.

    "The photographer used lensing techniques to achieve a soft focus effect in her portraits."
  2. 2

    A method of viewing or interpreting a situation or concept through a specific perspective.

    "The sociologist applied a feminist lensing to analyze the data."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'lensing' originates from the word 'lens', which comes from the Latin 'lens', meaning 'lentil', due to the shape of the lens resembling that of a lentil bean. The use of 'lensing' in modern contexts has evolved to describe the act of focusing or directing light, particularly in photography and optics, as well as metaphorically in fields like sociology and media studies.

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