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Meaning of magnifying glass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify.

Equivalents

বাংলা আতশকাচ
བོད་སྐད ཆེ་ཤེལ
Català lupa
Čeština lupa
Esperanto grandiga vitro lupeo
Español lupa
Eesti luup
فارسی ذرهبین
Galego lupa
Magyar nagyító
Հայերեն խոշորացույց
Bahasa Indonesia kaca pembesar lup suryakanta
Íslenska stækkunargler
Қазақша лупа
Lëtzebuergesch Lupp
Lietuvių lūpa
Latviešu lūpa
Te Reo Māori karaihe whakanui
Македонски лупа
Bahasa Melayu kanta pembesar
မြန်မာဘာသာ မှန်ဘီလူး သူရကန်
Nederlands loep vergrootglas
Português lente de aumento lupa
Română lupă
Shqip thjerrëz
Tiếng Việt kính lúp

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.”
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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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