Q. What is a compound microscope?
Answer: A microscope that has two sets of lenses : an occular lens and an eyepiece.
Notes: A compound microscope is a microscope which uses multiple lenses to collect light from the sample and then a separate set of lenses to focus the light into the eye or camera. The objective lens provides the primary magnification which is compounded (multiplied) by the ocular lens (eyepiece).
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