OBJECT LENS

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does object lens mean? 

• OBJECT LENS (noun)
  The noun OBJECT LENS has 1 sense:

1. the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

  Familiarity information: OBJECT LENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBJECT LENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

object glass; object lens; objective; objective lens

Hypernyms ("object lens" is a kind of...):

lens; lens system; lense (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)

Holonyms ("object lens" 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)