eyepiece
noun/ˈaɪˌpiːs/
Frequency rank: #19,320 most common English word
Meaning
the lens or group of lenses in an optical instrument that is closest to the eye of the observer.
Example sentence
She looked through the eyepiece of the microscope to examine the tiny cells.
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