COMPOUND LENS

I. (noun)

Meaning:

A lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis

Classified under:

Hypernyms ("compound lens" 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 "compound lens"):

achromatic lens (a compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration)