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magnifier

American  
[mag-nuh-fahy-er] / ˈmæg nəˌfaɪ ər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that magnifies.

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


Etymology

Origin of magnifier

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


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The Bragg magnifier consists of two perfect silicon crystals, whose enlarging effect results from asymmetric diffraction in the silicon crystal lattice.

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

General Electric logo is seen through magnifier in front of displayed Aviation, Energy, Healthcare words in this illustration taken, November 9, 2021.

From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021

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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