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magnifying glass

noun as in hand-held lens

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He holds them on his belly and looks at them with a magnifying glass, studying possible escape routes.

The magnifying glass, then, looks ahead to the fall, when Samberg will debut as the star of new Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

P: See in the upper right there's an oval with a magnifying glass?

Bear with me, and we'll hold a magnifying glass to their generosity, including their recent sorry report card from CharityWatch.

These instruments were of a simple nature, for the magnifying glass was not yet contrived, and so the telescope was impossible.

Occasionally Uncle Will picked up a stone and examined it through a magnifying-glass for traces of the precious metals.

The variety crista has the ridges of the epidermis drawn into points, and is beautiful when seen by a magnifying glass.

Only with a magnifying glass can the undulations caused by the vibrating stylus be distinguished.

He stopped short, sucking in his breath with a curious gasping sound, and felt eagerly for his magnifying glass.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to magnifying glass, such as: eyeglass, hand glass, hand lens, lens, loupe, and simple microscope.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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