compound lens

Definitions of compound lens
  1. noun
    a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis
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    types:
    achromatic lens
    a compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration
    type of:
    lens, lens system, lense
    a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
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