Huygens eyepiece
noun Optics.
an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye.
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Origin of Huygens eyepiece
First recorded in 1830–40; named after C. Huygens
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British Dictionary definitions for Huygens eyepiece
Huygens' eyepiece
/ (ˈhaɪɡənz) /
noun
physics a telescope eyepiece consisting of two planoconvex lenses separated by a distance equal to half the sum of their focal lengths, which are in the ratio of three to one, and oriented so that their curved surfaces face the incident light
Word Origin for Huygens' eyepiece
C19: named after Christiaan Huygens (1629–95), Dutch physicist
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