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
“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
Ms Price was then was handed one leaflet, which she was told was not available in any other formats, and another with a QR code, which she had to use an electronic magnifier to find.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2021
The writing was so small we could not read it without a strong magnifier.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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