compound microscope

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   light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece

   Broaderlight microscope

   Partsobjective

Questions about compound microscope

What does compound microscope mean?

compound microscope means "light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece".

Is compound microscope a common word?

compound microscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.