Date:         Mon, 1 Nov 2004 12:02:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
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From:         Jim Thompson <jim@KARMANNGHIA.COM>
Subject:      Re: Tail light lense... lens
Comments: To: Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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Actually, depending on where you're at in the world, either spelling is
acceptable and I have used both.

lens (lnz)
n. pl. lens·es
1. A ground or molded piece of glass, plastic, or other transparent material
with opposite surfaces either or both of which are curved, by means of which
light rays are refracted so that they converge or diverge to form an image.
2. A transparent, biconvex body of the eye between the iris and the vitreous
humor that focuses light rays entering through the pupil to form an image on
the retina.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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lense
n : a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted
light and to form images [syn: lens, lens system]
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

Jim Thompson
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(Or it could be Westphalia - as in
the famous "Treaty Of Westphalia")
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From: "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 2:37 AM
Subject: Re: Tail light lense... lens


> Lens, not lense