EYEPIECE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyepiece mean? 

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

1. combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYEPIECE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

eyepiece; ocular

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "eyepiece"):

graticule; reticle; reticule (a network of fine lines, dots, cross hairs, or wires in the focal plane of the eyepiece of an optical instrument)

Holonyms ("eyepiece" is a part of...):

binoculars; field glasses; opera glasses ((plural) an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes)

light microscope (microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object)

optical telescope (an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources)

sights (an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument)