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• Eyepiece — For the device for looking through a camera, see viewfinder. A collection of different types of eyepieces. An eyepiece, or ocular lens, is a type of lens that is attached to a variety of optical devices such as telescopes and microscopes. It is… …   Wikipedia

• eyepiece — eye piece eye piece eye piece , n. (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed. Syn: ocular. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• eyepiece — eye piece eye piece eye piece , n. (Opt.) The lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a microscope, telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed. Syn: ocular. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Microscope — Mi cro*scope, n. [Micro + scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the {naked eye}. [1913 Webster] {Compound microscope}, an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• eyepiece micrometer — n a scale in the visual field of an eyepiece used as a measuring device called also ocular micrometer * * * a micrometer that is used in connection with the eyepiece of a microscope …   Medical dictionary

• eyepiece — [ī′pēs΄] n. in a telescope, microscope, or other optical instrument, the lens or lenses nearest the viewer s eye: see MICROSCOPE …   English World dictionary

• eyepiece — ► NOUN ▪ the lens that is closest to the eye in a microscope or other optical instrument …   English terms dictionary

• microscope — /muy kreuh skohp /, n. 1. an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye. 2. (cap.) Astron. the… …   Universalium

• Microscope — An optical instrument that augments the power of the eye to see small objects. The name microscope was coined by Johannes Faber (1574 1629) who in 1628 borrowed from the Greek to combined micro , small with skopein, to view. Although the first… …   Medical dictionary

• eyepiece — UK [ˈaɪˌpiːs] / US [ˈaɪˌpɪs] noun [countable] Word forms eyepiece : singular eyepiece plural eyepieces the glass part that you put your eye against in a microscope or telescope …   English dictionary

• eyepiece — The compound lens at the end of the microscope tube nearest the eye; it magnifies the image made by the objective. * * * eye·piece ī .pēs n the lens or combination of lenses at the eye end of an optical instrument called also ocular * * * …   Medical dictionary