Compound Microscope Definition

noun
A microscope having an objective lens for forming an intermediate image and an eyepiece for viewing that image.
Webster's New World
The definition of a compound microscope is a microscope with a lens that enlarges the viewed object and an eye piece that further enlarges it.
An example of compound microscope is Galileo's "little eye."
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Singular:
compound microscope
Plural:
compound-microscopes

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