Dictionary of Gems and Gemology

2009 Edition
| Editors: Mohsen Manutchehr-Danai

compound lens system

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72816-0_4963
composite lens made of two or more lenses with the same radius in order to minimize the aberration, which exists in a single lens. Used in microscope as objective or ocular.   Compound microscope.
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