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Meanings of magnifying glass in English
Light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image.
Synonyms
Examples for "hand glass"
Examples for "hand glass"
1
I study my profile with a hand glass, getting the double reflection.
2
Pancha took up a hand glass and turning her back to him studied her profile in the mirror.
3
In the ditty box are kept such articles as toothbrush, brush and comb, small hand glass, writing material, and odds and ends.
4
The prize proved to be a most tempting one, a tiny brush and comb and cunning hand glass in a little satin-lined box.
5
And when at the end of his inventions the leader fell back on the hand glass and the cushion, Mildred refused dance after dance.
1
His simple microscope design used a single lens mounted in a brass plate.
2
It was of that order known as Field's simple microscope, and had cost perhaps about fifteen dollars.
3
He could dissect well under the simple microscope, but I think it was by dint of his great patience and carefulness.
4
Smith and Beck were so pleased with the simple microscope they made for me, that they have made another as a model.
5
I felt convinced that the simple microscope, composed of a single lens of such vast yet perfect power, was possible of construction.
Usage of magnifying glass in English
1
He wore thick-lensed spectacles and used a magnifying glass for close work.
2
You can't start fires with a magnifying glass on a cloudy day.
3
Using a magnifying glass I had written in tiny characters my code.
4
She picked a magnifying glass from the floor and studied the letters.
5
But Seth Goldstein went over the Wechlas corpse with a magnifying glass.
6
The coolie drew forth now a magnifying glass and a glass slide.
7
With a magnifying glass she often watched the movements of small insects.
8
I saw you looking at it, through a magnifying glass, just now.
9
He was peering through a huge magnifying glass, one eye comically large.
10
Look, Janet, you'd almost need a magnifying glass to see the stitches.
11
I put the magnifying glass to my eye and examined the locket.
12
Nyberg got a magnifying glass out of his bags and sat down.
13
Laura held the magnifying glass over Mary Terrell's face, studied it carefully.
14
The old man examined it with extreme care through the magnifying glass.
15
I got up, retrieved my magnifying glass, and picked up the skull.
16
Networks don't work like a match -they work like a magnifying glass.
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