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OBJECT LENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does object lens mean?
• OBJECT LENS (noun)
The noun OBJECT LENS has 1 sense:
1. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
Familiarity information: OBJECT LENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
object glass; object lens; objective; objective lens
Hypernyms ("object lens" is a kind of...):
lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)
Holonyms ("object lens" is a part of...):
compound microscope (light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece)
optical telescope (an astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources)
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