Term: objective: the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed
Candidate hypernym: lens: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images → 1
Candidate hypernym: shoulder: a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road → 0
Candidate hypernym: fire brigade: British name for a fire department → 0
Candidate hypernym: heater: device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrambler: electronic equipment that makes speech unintelligible during transmission and restores it at reception → 0
Candidate hypernym: significance: the quality of being significant → 0
Candidate hypernym: sawpit: a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw → 0
Candidate hypernym: bar soap: soap in the form of a bar → 0
Candidate hypernym: clarification: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding → 0
Candidate hypernym: weakener: that which weakens or causes a loss of strength → 0
Candidate hypernym: signaling device: a device used to send signals → 0