What type of lens reduces glare by filtering out horizontal light waves?

Polarized lenses are specifically designed to reduce glare by filtering out horizontal light waves. This is particularly beneficial in situations where sunlight reflects off surfaces like water, roads, or snow, which often causes glare that can impair vision.

The unique structure of polarized lenses allows them to block intense reflected light, while allowing vertical light waves to pass through. This characteristic effectively enhances visual comfort and clarity, making polarized lenses a popular choice for activities such as driving, fishing, and skiing.

Other lens types, such as photochromic lenses, which darken in response to UV light, multifocal lenses designed for multiple vision correction, and single-vision lenses used for correcting one type of vision, do not focus on glare reduction in the same manner that polarized lenses do.