objective lens
Americannoun
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Optics. in a microscope or telescope, the lens or set of lenses at the end nearest the object in view.
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a way of looking at an issue, situation, etc., that minimizes subjective bias and maximizes objectivity.
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Miniondas covered community groups and festivals, as well as city politics with a more objective lens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024
The Mesolens looks like an objective lens on steroids: “I would liken it to roughly the same length and width as an adult human arm,” McConnell says.
From Nature ● Nov. 25, 2019
So it's essential to have one person who can filter those voices through an objective lens informed by science.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 14, 2018
The focal point is infinitely small with a huge intensity and the capacity to incinerate most samples irrespective of the NA of the objective lens.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The positive film is moved intermittently but swiftly throughout its length between the objective lens and a beam of light coming through the condenser, being exposed by the shutter during the periods of rest.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
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