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eyepiece

[ahy-pees]

noun

  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.



eyepiece

/ ˈɪˌ辱ː /

noun

  1. the lens or combination of lenses in an optical instrument nearest the eye of the observer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

eyepiece

  1. The lens or group of lenses closest to the eye in an optical instrument such as a telescope or microscope.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of eyepiece1

First recorded in 1780–90; eye + piece
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Magnifying the Jackal’s unflinching eye is a bespoke telescopic eyepiece that peers into the soul of the killer seconds before he pulls the trigger.

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I wear it forward when the lights are too bright but otherwise backward because it helps keep my eyepiece in place.

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Her children gazed into the eyepiece at strange, eight-legged creatures clambering over the moss.

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It wasn’t even a distant gleam yet in Lewis and Clark’s eyepiece.

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A magnifying eyepiece, produced by 3D printing, fits cellphone cameras and takes photos of microscope slides; AI image analysis then picks out and identifies pathogens.

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