Definitions for eyepieceˈaɪˌpis

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

eye•pieceˈaɪˌpis(n.)

  1. the lens or combination of lenses in an optical instrument through which the eye views the image formed by the objective lens or lenses; ocular.

    Category: Optics

Origin of eyepiece:

1780–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. eyepiece, ocular(noun)

    combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments

Wiktionary

  1. eyepiece(Noun)

    The lens (or combination of lenses) at the eye end of a microscope or telescope by which the image is viewed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Eyepiece(noun)

    the lens, or combination of lenses, at the eye end of a telescope or other optical instrument, through which the image formed by the mirror or object glass is viewed


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