Huygens eyepiece
Save This Word!
noun Optics.
an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Origin of Huygens eyepiece
First recorded in 1830–40; named after C. Huygens
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use Huygens eyepiece in a sentence
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012