objective lens

Noun
  1. The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed (synset 103843818)
    is a type of: lens, lens system, lense - a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
    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
    same as: object glass, object lens, objective

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