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Definition: FIELD LENS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens.[Wordnet].
Expression 1. (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass .[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: FIELD LENS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens.[Wordnet].
Expression1. (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass .[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: FIELD LENS

ExpressionsDefinition
Field lens1: (Optics), that one of the two lenses forming the eyepiece of an astronomical telescope or compound microscope which is nearer the object glass; -- called also field glass . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.
 2: The lens that is farthest from the eye in an optical device with more than one lens. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: FIELD LENS

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Field lensBusinessIn reference to video, a lens that effects the transfer of an image formed by an optical system. (references)
Field lensPhysicsAbove the --, and at some distance from it, is a second and much smaller lens, called the eye lens, which converts each ray pencil into a parallel. Source: European Union. (references)

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