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Definition: Magnifying Glass |
Magnifying GlassNoun1. Light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Physics | A lens that magnifies the apparent dimensions of objects seen through it. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: Magnifying GlassSynonyms: hand glass (n), simple microscope (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | I better go get my magnifying glass. (Sixteen Candles; writing credit: John Hughes.) A silver sun burned through the sky like a huge magnifying glass. It was the hottest Sunday in my recollection. (Laura; writing credit: Vera Caspary; Jay Dratler) It is indeed typical that you Earth people refuse to believe in the superiority of any world but your own. Children looking into a magnifying glass, imagining the image you see is the image of your true size. (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
magnifying glass | 586 |
magnifying glass picture | 20 |
lighted magnifying glass | 11 |
magnifying glass with a light | 10 |
magnifying glass toy | 7 |
magnifying glass gif | 5 |
magnifying glass necklace | 4 |
magnifying glass image | 3 |
magnifying glass hand held | 3 |
antique magnifying glass | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "magnifying glass"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zmadhues (enlarger, enlarging, magnifier, magnifying), lupë (Loupe, reading glass). (various references) | |
Arabic | زجاجة مكبرة, عدسة مكبرة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | увеличително стъкло (magnifier), лупа (lens, magnifier, reading glass). (various references) | |
Czech | zvìtšovací sklo (magnifier). (various references) | |
Danish | lup (hand magnifying glasses), aflæsningslup (reading magnifyer). (various references) | |
Dutch | loep (ball). (various references) | |
Esperanto | lupeo. (various references) | |
Finnish | lukemaluppi (reading magnifyer). (various references) | |
French | loupe. (various references) | |
German | lupe (glass, hand lens, hand magnifier, hand magnifying glass, lens, magnifier, simple microscope). (various references) | |
Greek | μεγενθυντικός φακός ανάγνωσης (reading magnifyer), μεγεθυντικόσ φακόσ, μεγεθυντικός φακός. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ'"לת, זכוכית מ'"לת. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagyító. (various references) | |
Italian | lente d'ingrandimento (magnifier), lente (disc, gate leaf, glasses, lens, lense, lenticle, lenticular body, lentil, spectacles). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 虫眼鏡 , ループ線 (air conditioner, fee charged for hotel room, loop line, room, room cooler, rooming, roommate, room-service, Roumania, ruler, rural, treadmill), 拡大鏡 (loupe), 天眼鏡 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ルーペ , かく いきょう (loupe), むしめがね, て"が"きょう. (various references) | |
Manx | glonney vooadee, gless vooadee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agnifyingmay assglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lupa (ball, bloom, lens, magnifier). (various references) | |
Romanian | lupã (bull's eye, eye-glass, magnifier, reading glass, reading-lens), amplificator (amplifier, magnifier). (various references) | |
Russian | увеличительное стекло (loupe, magnifier, reading glass, reading-glass), лупа (loupe, magnifier). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uveličavajuće staklo, lupa (hand-glass, loupe, magnifier, reading glass). (various references) | |
Spanish | lupa (bull's eye, lens, magnifier). (various references) | |
Swedish | förstoringsglas (magnifier), avläsningslupp (reading magnifyer). (various references) | |
Turkish | pertavsız (Loupe), büyüteç (burning glass, glass, handglass). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | kính lúp (loupe, magnifier). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-f-g-g-g-i-i-l-m-n-n-s-s-y" | |
-5 letters: gainsaying, magnifying, nasalising. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 67 6E 69 66 79 69 6E 67 47 6C 61 73 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100111 01101110 01101001 01100110 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a g n i f y i n g   G l a s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0067 006E 0069 0066 0079 0069 006E 0067 0047 006C 0061 0073 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767738075729175807324178678585 |
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