object lens
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of object lens
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Diameter of object lens 2-3/4 in., diameter of ocular lens 1 in.
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The objective, or object lens, stands in front of the slide.
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The optical part of the work was done by Merz, Alvan Clark having declined the responsibility of dividing the object lens.
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These have been overcome, one after another, until it is now felt that the best modern telescope, with an object lens of twenty-six inches, has fully reached the limit of optical power.
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The field of the great object lens was already suffused with the radiance of her approach.
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