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Meanings of loupe in English

A small cylindrical or conical magnifying device without handle.

Small magnifying glass (usually set in an eyepiece) used by jewelers and horologists.

Synonyms
Examples for "hand lens"
Examples for "hand lens"
1
This paper he was now carefully examining with a hand lens.
The Exploits of Elaine
2
Surprised, I laid down the vertebra I was scoping with a hand lens.
206 Bones
3
Puzzled, I found a hand lens and brought my eyes close.
Bones on Ice
4
Uneasy, I dug a hand lens, matches, and a safety pin from my desk drawer.
Bones of the Lost
5
A little hand lens will magnify the small parts of an insect a great deal.
Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, an...
Usage of loupe in English
1
I didn't need a loupe to know they were real diamonds.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
2
She stopped just a moment to examine them with the loupe.
White fire
3
Table height adjustment and variation of loupe working distance can reduce neck flexion.
Pubmed
4
Switched off the desk lamp and dropped the loupe lens in his shirtpocket.
The marrowbone marble company
5
Some were very small, you had to look with a loupe, a magnifying glass.
The Guardian
6
Portman finally looked up, dropping the loupe and letting it hang over his tie.
Our little secret
7
She glanced over her shoulder, saw that he had the loupe to his eye again.
Gutshot straight
8
Abel drew a jeweler's loupe from his breast pocket and fixed it in his eye.
The burglar who studied spinoza
9
He regarded Ledford, bent over the workbench, an old jeweler's loupe stuck in his eyesocket.
The marrowbone marble company
10
Marvin Oates put the briefcase on a table and bent over it with a jeweler's loupe.
Gutshot straight
11
This posture exaggerates when operating with loupe magnification.
Pubmed
12
He took out his loupe and examined them.
Winter’s Tale
13
The owner puts a loupe up to his eye, which makes it seem almost normal size.
My Sister's Keeper
14
Under the loupe, her suspicions were confirmed.
White fire
15
And because the loupe-like design keeps it a constant distance from the paper, you don't need to focus.
Wired
16
Peggy lifted her head, took a jeweler's loupe from her eye, and quickly put on large, thick glasses.
The book of spies
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