magnifier

[ mag-nuh-fahy-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that magnifies.
2. a lens or combination of lenses that magnifies an object; magnifying glass.

Word History and Origins

Origin of magnifier¹

First recorded in 1540–50; magnify + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It turns the flashlight on, while simultaneously using your phone’s camera as a magnifier.

From Popular-Science

“It’s not easy,” says Chung, who uses a screen magnifier and “voice over” to read the screen on her phone, “employment’s so important.”

From Washington Blade

Although the object itself is inaccessible, the image of it is by no means so, and to the image a magnifier can be applied.

From Project Gutenberg

A magnifier or reading-glass might bring it out strong enough.

From Project Gutenberg

His face stiffened into fixed and horrible intentness as he stared through his magnifier at the little oblong of mirror.

From Project Gutenberg

It should never be submitted to this process with any scratches perceptible in it, even when examined by a magnifier.

From Project Gutenberg

In the pines and other conifers they are quite small, but they can readily be seen even without a magnifier.

From Project Gutenberg