"spot lens" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spot lenses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spot lens (plural spot lenses)
  1. (microscopy) A condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the "spot"), and used in darkfield illumination. Categories (topical): Microscopy Synonyms: spotted lens
    Sense id: en-spot_lens-en-noun-tSYSlbBn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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