compound microscope

noun

an optical instrument for forming magnified images of small objects, consisting of an objective lens with a very short focal length and an eyepiece with a longer focal length, both lenses mounted in the same tube.

compound microscope

See simple microscope
an instrument for magnifying small objects, consisting of a lens of short focal length for forming an image that is further magnified by a second lens of longer focal length Compare simple microscope

First recorded in 1865–70

Having obtained a pure culture of bacteria, they may easily be studied under the compound microscope.

Viewed under the compound microscope, it has the appearance of an irregular mass of granular protoplasm.

Some neurones in the human body, although visible only under the compound microscope, give rise to axons several feet in length.

The kind of compound microscope to be purchased will depend upon the nature of the work of the investigator.

Explanations requiring the use of a compound microscope do not enter necessarily into these lessons.

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