lense

lense (plural lenses)

1. Misspelling of lens.
   • 1911, Motography, volume 5, number 6, page 176:

     When a lense is described as of 4 inch focus, it means that such a lens is capable of bringing parallel rays to a point at a distance of 4 inches from the lens.

   • 2015, Steve Rutherford, How to Photograph Landscapes like a Pro, →ISBN:

     Basically, a beam of light passing through a lens parallel to the optical axis converges to form a focused image on the film. Spherical aberration is the term for an optical fault caused by the spherical form of a lense that produces different […]

2. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of lens

• Lense is accepted as an alternative spelling by Webster's Third New International Dictionary, but proscribed as a misspelling by Garner's Modern American Usage, Paul Brians’ Common Errors in English Usage, Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English and others.

lense (third-person singular simple present lenses, present participle lensing, simple past and past participle lensed)

1. Misspelling of lens.
2. (proscribed) Alternative spelling of lens

• Elsen, Leens, Neels, elsen, lenes, selen-