Magnifying glass
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify.
"The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight."
- 2 light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image wordnet
Example
More examples"The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight."