Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

magnifying glass

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: mag-ni-fy-ing -glass
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Faced with this situation, the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic in late winter/early spring 2020 showed the real situation of the country, its fragility and the challenges it faces. Thus, analysis of the impact of Covid19 on Tunisia offers a useful magnifying glass to understand the path of Tunisia from the 2011 revolution to the present."

Inflected Forms

magnifying glasses (plural)

Phrases

reading glasses

Frequently Paired Words

loupe reading glasses 🔍

Synonyms

hand glass simple microscope

Questions

What does magnifying glass mean?: An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify.

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