| NOUN | artifact | object glass, objective, objective lens, object lens | the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed |
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| Meaning | The lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed. | |
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| Synonyms | objective, objective lens, object lens | |
| Part of | compound microscope | light microscope that has two converging lens systems |
| optical telescope | An astronomical telescope designed to collect and record light from cosmic sources | |
| Broader | lens, lense, lens system | A transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images |
| Spanish | objetivo | |
| Catalan | objectiu | |
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