HyperDic: compound_lens

English > 1 sense of the expression *compound lens*:
NOUN	artifact	compound lens	a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis

English > *compound lens*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis.
Narrower	achromatic lens	A compound lens system that forms an image free from chromatic aberration
Broader	lens, lense, lens system	A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images