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What is another word for magnifying glass?

48 synonyms found

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Synonyms for Magnifying glass:

• •artifact (noun)
  • hand glass,
  • magnifying glass,
  • simple microscope.
  •hand-held lens (noun)
  • lens,
  • loupe,
  • hand lens,
  • eyeglass.
  •optical instrument (noun)
  • concave lens,
  • field glasses,
  • condenser,
  • lorgnette,
  • magnifier,
  • mirror,
  • optical instrument,
  • convex lens,
  • binocular,
  • ocular,
  • prism,
  • camera,
  • periscope,
  • pince-nez,
  • eyepiece,
  • telescope,
  • microscope.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
• •Other relevant words: •Other relevant words (noun):
  • object glass,
  • reader,
  • zoom lens,
  • toric lens,
  • spyglass,
  • objective,
  • telephoto lens,
  • astigmatic lens,
  • reading glass,
  • achromatic lens,
  • meniscus,
  • varifocal lens,
  • burning glass.

• • artifact
    loupe, jeweler's loupe.

• • artifact
    light microscope.

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Fairlie twisted himself round in his chair, polished the magnifying glass with his delicate cambric handkerchief, and indulged himself with a sidelong inspection of the open volume of etchings.

"The dew drops act like a magnifying glass, which makes the details even more visible."

But before the brown dwarf fully disintegrates, its cocoon of plasma acts like a magnifying glass that resolves two areas of emission on the pulsar only 20 km (12 miles) apart.

One of my favorite ways to lose 15 minutes is to examine an old black-and-white photo with a magnifying glass. Something of interest nearly always turns up.

This activity helps children explore common substances and familiar materials using a magnifying glass. Magnification can help people observe living things more closely providing a link to the work of scientists and the magnifying glass as a scientific tool.

Like a child's magnifying glass, the eyes of Dublin poet Adam Wyeth brim the world over with rich detail in this glib, adventurous collection of poems.

Seventy-five grim, Third Reich things: toys, a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, magnifying glasses inside swastika-adorned boxes, a medical device for measuring heads, a statue of the Reichsadler, an hourglass, a box of harmonicas, a swastika-engraved knife, and a photographic negative of Hitler "holding a magnifying glass similar to those found in the boxes." Argentine authorities have said that the findings are original, and that it's the largest trove of Nazi artifacts in the country's history.