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PRONUNCIATION OF HARD LENS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARD LENS

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Hard lens is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARD LENS

hard drug
hard feeling
hard feelings
hard fern
hard grass
hard hat
hard hitter
hard labour
hard landing
hard left
hard line
hard lines
hard liquor
hard loan
hard luck
hard mint candy
hard money
hard neck
hard of hearing
hard pad

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARD LENS

achromatic lens
anamorphic lens
contact lens
detachable lens
fisheye lens
Fresnel lens
gas-permeable lens
gravitational lens
lens
macro lens
magnetic lens
mirror lens
portrait lens
soft contact lens
soft-focus lens
soft lens
telephoto lens
telescopic lens
toric lens
wide-angle lens
zoom lens

Synonyms and antonyms of hard lens in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hard lens» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARD LENS

Find out the translation of hard lens to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hard lens from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hard lens» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

硬镜
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lente dura
570 millions of speakers

English

hard lens
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हार्ड लेंस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عدسة صلبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трудно объектив
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lente dura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হার্ড লেন্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lentille rigide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanta keras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

harte Linse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハードコンタクトレンズ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하드 렌즈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lensa hard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ống kính cứng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கடின லென்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्ड लेन्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sert mercek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lente duro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twarde soczewki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

важко об´єктив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

obiectiv greu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκληρός φακός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hard lens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hård lins
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanskelig linse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hard lens

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD LENS»

The term «hard lens» is normally little used and occupies the 136.080 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARD LENS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hard lens

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD LENS»

Discover the use of hard lens in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hard lens and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Contact Lens Complications
Hans-Walter Roth. 318 319 320 Fig. 318 Scratches on a hard fluorosilicone carbonate lens. Fig. 320 Fine superficial cracks on a hard contact lens; aging Fig. 321 Scratches on a hard lens. Faulty cleaning and aging of of the material. the lens ...
Hans-Walter Roth, 2011
2
Textbook of Ophthalmology
This approach involves the insertion of a cryoprobe to engage the lens or a hard lens fragment for its removal through a large limbal incision, after a relatively complete vitrectomy and fluid-air exchange.18'21'22 However, this method can be ...
Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, Lucio Buratto, 2002
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
hard lens hardystonite hard lens Optics, a contact lens that is made of rigid plastic or silicon. hard limit Computer Technology, an operating limit set by the hardware , such as memory size. Telecommunications, a limiting condition with ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Considerations in Contact Lens Use Under Adverse ...
... lens partially dehydrates and the hard lens does not, the calculated oxygen tension under the hard lens is two to three times that TABLE 3 Effect of Altitude on Oxygen Tension Under HGP Lens Calculated Oxygen Tension (mmHg) at: Lens  ...
Committee on Vision, Working Group on Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions, Pamela Ebert Flattau, 1991
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Clinical Practice in Small Incision Cataract Surgery
This approach involves the insertion of a cryoprobe to engage the lens or a hard lens fragment for its removal through a large limbal incision, after a relatively complete vitrectomy and fluid-air exchange.18'21'22 However, this method can be ...
Luther L. Fry, Ashok Garg, Francisco Guitérrez-Camona, 2004
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Phaco Nightmares: Conquering Cataract Catastrophes
... situation, he may use perfluorocarbon alone without phacoemulsification to deliver the lens fragment anteriorly for its extraction through a limbal wound. Employing conventional phacoemulsification techniques to retrieve a hard lens nucleus ...
Amar Agarwal, 2006
7
Wilderness Medicine: Beyond First Aid
Soft lenses have been designed for extended wear. Hard lens use requires frequent removal, as the delicate cornea of the eye obtains oxygen from the environment and nutrient from eye secretions. These lenses interfere with this process and ...
William W. Forgey, M.D.
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International Society For Contact Lens Research: The First ...
A familiarity with the hard lens field is important to contrast the changes that would occur with hydrophilic lenses. Hard lens fitting and manufacturing were highly technical because PMMA, when machine forming a specific relationship of the ...
Raymond I. Myers, OD, Raymond I. Od, 2009
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Complications in Phacoemulsification: Avoidance, ...
Hard Lens Lenses that are very hard may present a challenge not only during the sculpting of the troughs but also during the cracking of the posterior plate. Hard lenses require an increase in ultrasonic power and a decrease in the depth of ...
William J. Fishkind, 2011
10
Cincinnati Magazine
... for the cornea to breathe, has been recommended for FDA approval. Dow Coming's soft silicone should make its debut in six months to a year, followed by the hard lens counterpart. Lenses still on the drawing board may yet open your eyes.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD LENS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hard lens is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Aimpoint officially launching H-2 red dot sight
The original version required bikini covers or other types of slip-on lens caps like the IO Aimpont Cover, and for hard lens caps the only serious ... «Guns.com, May 15»
2
Photographer, 27, left partially blind by contact lens
It meant wearing a hard lens directly on her eye as a softer one would sink in to the ulcer, then putting a soft lens on top of that. "I'd have to get ... «Express.co.uk, Apr 15»
3
Woman nearly went blind after bacteria on contact lens caused ulcer …
It meant wearing a hard lens directly on her eye as a softer one would sink in to the ulcer, then putting a soft lens on top of that. For the next ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
4
Stories of our lives: Raymond Schwartz
By chance, I had pushed for help and out of desperation one of my eye doctors suggested a “Hard Lens” be placed in the eye daily. It was tried ... «San Diego Jewish World, Feb 15»
5
Augmenting Reality: Experiencing High-Definition Vision for the First …
... continue to change and my sight would continue to get worse compared with hard lens which would stabilize my cornea and prescription. —. «Pulse, Jan 15»
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Dave Blackhurst: North Staffordshire leading the way in gastric by …
Secondly, look at the issue through the hard lens of saving money - something the cash-strapped NHS must do more than ever these days. «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 14»
7
After One Too Many Fouls, the World Cup Deserves a Red Card
Let's for a moment, ignore these killjoys and review the facts through the cold hard lens of returns on investment, or ROI. Russian taxpayers ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
8
Kurt Cobain: Angst and rebellion, made-to-order?
Through the cold hard lens of marketing, it was obvious that by 1991 the hard rock scene of the 1980s was teetering on the brink of collapse, ... «Economic Times, Apr 14»
9
Contacts better than permanent lenses for babies after cataract …
This photo shows a child wearing a contact lens. A green dye is used to evaluate the fit of hard lenses. Credit: Dr. Scott Lambert, Emory ... «Medical Xpress, Mar 14»
10
Sony launches new AS100V action camera
These include a hard lens protector, an arm kit and a leash band to shoot videos while skiing and snowboarding for instance. Seems like the ... «Geeky gadgets, Feb 14»

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