Term: compound microscope: light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: acylation: the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: tax-increase: the amount by which taxes are increased
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: clean bill of health: an assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: variance: the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: coughing up: the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: archpriest: a senior clergyman and dignitary
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: claret: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: macleaya: a perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppy
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: gunlock: the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
Broader: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose | Unrelated: transparency: permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation