2.Why light microscope called compound microscope?

Light microscope is called compound microscope because they are designed with a
compound lens system.The objective lend provides the primary magnification which
is compounded (multiplied) by the ocular lens (eyepiece).Visual information
produced by compound microscopes are two dimensional, as opposed to those
produced by stereo microscopes which are three dimensional. Most provide an
image which is upside down and backward as compared to the actual orientation of
the object. Compound microscopes usually have several objectives in magnification
ranging from about 4x to 100x. Eyepieces are commonly 10x resulting in total
magnification of 40x to 100x (objective x Eyepiece).Compound microscopes may be
upright or inverted.

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