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[missdaredevil]

Ensure you purchase a lens that works with your camera too.
why is lens singular?

Thanks

[lotus]

Hi missdaredevil,

Apparently, it's from the Latin word L. lens for the genus lentis, meaning lentil, a bean with a double convex shape like so, (). Its main definition is that of an optical lens, which can be concave )( or convex ().

Biology - Genus is the classification of a group of living organisms formed from one or more species with similar characteristics.

Singular - lens
Plural - lenses

English words come from many languages, one of which is Latin.


--lotus