COMPOUND MICROSCOPE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does compound microscope mean? 

• COMPOUND MICROSCOPE (noun)
  The noun COMPOUND MICROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece

  Familiarity information: COMPOUND MICROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPOUND MICROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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)