magnifier
Americannoun
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a person or thing that magnifies.
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a lens or combination of lenses that magnifies an object; magnifying glass.
Etymology
Origin of magnifier
Example Sentences
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Another big advantage of the Bragg magnifier is the very good optical image transmission.
From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023
You can take your phone into the polling booth to use magnifier or text-to-speech apps, or the phone torch to improve lighting.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2023
“I don’t see anything that would be considered as a technological add-on to it,” Barrios said after a few moments of examining the rock with a silver loupe magnifier.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2022
Twitter logo and stock graph are seen through a magnifier displayed in this illustration taken September 4, 2022.
From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2022
But shortly, the leaves under the magnifier started to smolder.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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