Found 2 items, similar to simple microscope.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: simple microscope simple microscope n : light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image; “the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250” [syn: hand glass, magnifying glass]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Simple microscope Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. [1913 Webster] Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece. Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under Oxyhydrogen, and Solar. Simple microscope, or Single microscope, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. [1913 Webster]