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Record 1 2017-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Instruments
DEF

The point above a microscope eyepeice where the image is focused and where the eye should be positioned for viewing.

CONT

after emerging from the eye lens, all these pencils pass through a small circular area called the eyepoint, or the Ramsden circle. This area is the image that the eyepiece forms of the objective aperture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments d'optique
CONT

Dans un microscope [...] on nomme cercle ou anneau oculaire l'image réelle de l'objectif donnée par l'oculaire. Ce petit cercle brillant marque la place que doit occuper la pupille de l'œil pour apercevoir l'ensemble du champ de l'instrument.

Spanish

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