EYEGLASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyeglass mean? 

• EYEGLASS (noun)
  The noun EYEGLASS has 1 sense:

1. lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

  Familiarity information: EYEGLASS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYEGLASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eyeglass; monocle

Hypernyms ("eyeglass" is a kind of...):

lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)

 Context examples 

He advanced slowly into the room, turning his head from left to right, and swinging in his right hand the cord which held his golden eyeglasses.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Examples are: • Sunglasses • Safety goggles • Glasses (also called eyeglasses) • Contact lenses

(Eye Wear, NIH)

For future therapies that preserve optic nerve axons, Huberman envisions the development of filters for virtual reality video games, television programs, or eyeglasses designed to deliver regeneration-inducing visual stimulation.

(Visual activity regenerates neural connections between eye and brain, NIH)

She said the device could also measure levels of vitamins and alcohol in the blood by “simply changing the coupled electrode attached on the eyeglasses’ nose pads”.

(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)

I keep my business card in my sunglass and eyeglass case, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He saw her come down the aisle, with Arthur and a strange young man with a football mop of hair and eyeglasses, the sight of whom spurred him to instant apprehension and jealousy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But the eyeglasses?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As the tears come into contact with the glucose oxidase, it alters the flow of electrons, producing a signal that is recorded and processed by the device installed in the arm of the eyeglasses, which sends the results in real time to a computer or smartphone.

(Brazilian researchers eye biosensors to monitor diabetes, SciDev.Net)

Even the news brought back by Hopkins that he had found the children, and that they had undoubtedly seen a woman exactly corresponding with Holmes’s description, and wearing either spectacles or eyeglasses, failed to rouse any sign of keen interest.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)