compound microscope

Other forms: compound microscopes

Definitions of compound microscope
  1. noun
    light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece
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    type of:
    light microscope
    microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
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