Lens

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Lens, Switzerland

Lens is a municipality in the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History

Lens is first mentioned in 1177 as de Lenz.

Geography

Lens has an area, as of 2009, of 13.9 square kilometers (5.4 sq mi). Of this area, 5.07 km² (1.96 sq mi) or 36.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while 5.48 km² (2.12 sq mi) or 39.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.74 km² (1.06 sq mi) or 19.7% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.1 km² (25 acres) or 0.7% is either rivers or lakes and 0.46 km² (0.18 sq mi) or 3.3% is unproductive land.

Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 11.2% and transportation infrastructure made up 4.0%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.8%. Out of the forested land, 33.6% of the total land area is heavily forested and 5.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 0.4% is used for growing crops and 11.6% is pastures, while 9.1% is used for orchards or vine crops and 15.3% is used for alpine pastures. All the water in the municipality is in lakes.

Lens (geology)

In geology a lens is a body of ore or rock or a deposit that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges, resembling a convex lens in cross-section. Adjective: "lenticular".

A lens can also refer to an irregular shaped formation consisting of a porous, permeable sedimentary deposit surrounded by impermeable rock.

Cap (disambiguation)

A cap is a form of headgear.

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CAP

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CAP (protein)

Adenylate Cyclase Associated Protein is an actin-binding protein that was originally identified as a binding partner for adenylate cyclase. It binds actin monomers and sequesters them from the polymerization process. The yeast ortholog of CAP is called Srv2.