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Meanings of magnifying glass in English

Russian
лупа
Portuguese
lupabiológica
Spanish
lupa
Catalan
lupa
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A piece of glass that make images look bigger.

лупа
Portuguese
lupa
Catalan
lupa

Light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image.

lupa
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 magnifying glass in English
1
He wore thick-lensed spectacles and used a magnifying glass for close work.
The Asylum
2
You can't start fires with a magnifying glass on a cloudy day.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
3
Using a magnifying glass I had written in tiny characters my code.
The Secrets of the German War Office
4
She picked a magnifying glass from the floor and studied the letters.
A Confederacy of Dunces
5
But Seth Goldstein went over the Wechlas corpse with a magnifying glass.
Phantoms
6
The coolie drew forth now a magnifying glass and a glass slide.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
7
With a magnifying glass she often watched the movements of small insects.
A Patriotic Schoolgirl
8
I saw you looking at it, through a magnifying glass, just now.
The Port of Adventure
9
He was peering through a huge magnifying glass, one eye comically large.
The Laughing Corpse
10
Look, Janet, you'd almost need a magnifying glass to see the stitches.
The Story Girl
11
I put the magnifying glass to my eye and examined the locket.
For the love of mike
12
Nyberg got a magnifying glass out of his bags and sat down.
Firewall
13
Laura held the magnifying glass over Mary Terrell's face, studied it carefully.
Mine
14
The old man examined it with extreme care through the magnifying glass.
Travels With My Aunt
15
I got up, retrieved my magnifying glass, and picked up the skull.
Cross Bones
16
Networks don't work like a match -they work like a magnifying glass.
The Guardian
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Translations for magnifying glass
Russian
лупа
Spanish
lupa