lens vs compound lens

compound lens vs lens

lens and compound lens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lens	Yes	No	No	No
compound lens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, compound lens is a hyponym of lens; that is, compound lens is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lens:

lens: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
compound lens: a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis

Other hyponyms of lens include anastigmat, anastigmatic lens, camera lens, optical lens, condenser, optical condenser, contact, contact lens, converging lens, convex lens, crown lens, concave lens, diverging lens, eyepiece, ocular, field lens, Fresnel lens, intraocular lens, meniscus, eyeglass, monocle, object glass, object lens, objective, objective lens.

lens (noun)	compound lens (noun)
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images	a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis
electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field in order to focus a beam of electrons
biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focus light on the retina
(metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or understood

Difference between lens and compound lens

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