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COMPOUND MICROSCOPE
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("compound microscope" is a kind of...):
light microscope (microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object)
Meronyms (parts of "compound microscope"):
object glass; object lens; objective; objective lens (the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed)