COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

I. (noun)

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)