object lens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of object lens
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Diameter of object lens 1-3/4 in., of ocular lens 1-1/8 in.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
The objective, or object lens, stands in front of the slide.
From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald
She hardly observed that a tear descended slowly upon his cheek, a tear so large that it magnified the pores of the skin over which it rolled, like the object lens of a microscope.
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
Diameter of object lens 2-3/4 in., diameter of ocular lens 1 in.
From Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers by Bedini, Silvio A.
The optical part of the work was done by Merz, Alvan Clark having declined the responsibility of dividing the object lens.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various
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