COMPOUND MICROSCOPE


Meaning of COMPOUND MICROSCOPE in English

an optical instrument for forming magnified images of small objects, consisting of an objective lens with a very short focal length and an eyepiece with a longer focal length, both lenses mounted in the same tube. See illus. under microscope .

[ 1865-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .