Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
lens .
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Examples
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And she lay, regarding him with the intense excited absorption with which one looks at a tiny wildflower through a magnifying-lens, and watches its insignificance expanded to the size and importance of a hothouse bloom.
Complete Project Gutenberg John Galsworthy Works John Galsworthy 1900
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And she lay, regarding him with the intense excited absorption with which one looks at a tiny wildflower through a magnifying-lens, and watches its insignificance expanded to the size and importance of a hothouse bloom.
The Dark Flower John Galsworthy 1900
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It's why the magnifying-lens in front of the gun works so well.
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