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OPTICAL CONDENSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optical condenser mean? 

OPTICAL CONDENSER (noun)
  The noun OPTICAL CONDENSER has 1 sense:

1. lens used to concentrate light on an objectplay

  Familiarity information: OPTICAL CONDENSER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPTICAL CONDENSER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lens used to concentrate light on an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

condenser; optical condenser

Hypernyms ("optical condenser" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "optical condenser"):

Abbe condenser (a condenser having 2 or 3 lenses with wide aperture for use in microscopes)


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