magnifying glass
a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
Origin of magnifying glass
1- Compare hand lens.
Words Nearby magnifying glass
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How to use magnifying glass in a sentence
The effect is similar to looking through a magnifying glass.
The most detailed dark-matter map of our universe is weirdly smooth | Neel V. Patel | May 28, 2021 | MIT Technology Review“What we’ve seen with this pandemic, especially, is a big magnifying glass that has been put on this problem of unequal access,” she added in an interview.
House, Senate Democrats unveil $94 billion bill to improve Internet access | Tony Romm | March 11, 2021 | Washington PostAdditionally, the Shop team updated the search function to be more prominent on the site and mobile page by adding a magnifying glass icon.
‘Turn readers into shoppers’: Complex Shop’s journey to prevent cart abandonment | Kayleigh Barber | January 26, 2021 | DigidayIf climate change was a magnifying glass, the virus was a “heat-seeking missile,” Flowers said, zeroing in on society’s most vulnerable members.
“Climate change is like a magnifying glass for everything,” Flowers said.
He holds them on his belly and looks at them with a magnifying glass, studying possible escape routes.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe magnifying glass, then, looks ahead to the fall, when Samberg will debut as the star of new Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Andy Samberg and Lonely Island Move On From ‘Saturday Night Live’ | Kevin Fallon | June 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTP: See in the upper right there's an oval with a magnifying glass?
Bear with me, and we'll hold a magnifying glass to their generosity, including their recent sorry report card from CharityWatch.
These instruments were of a simple nature, for the magnifying glass was not yet contrived, and so the telescope was impossible.
Outlines of the Earth's History | Nathaniel Southgate ShalerOccasionally Uncle Will picked up a stone and examined it through a magnifying-glass for traces of the precious metals.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonThe variety crista has the ridges of the epidermis drawn into points, and is beautiful when seen by a magnifying glass.
Our British Snails | John William HorsleyOnly with a magnifying glass can the undulations caused by the vibrating stylus be distinguished.
Heroes of the Telegraph | J. MunroHe stopped short, sucking in his breath with a curious gasping sound, and felt eagerly for his magnifying glass.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. Hanshew
British Dictionary definitions for magnifying glass
a convex lens used to produce an enlarged image of an object
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