hand lens

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hand lenz]
- /hænd lɛnz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hand lenz]
- /hænd lɛnz/

Definition of hand lens words

noun hand lens a magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand. 1

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Origin of hand lens

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Hand lens

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adverb

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hand lens popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for hand lens

noun hand lens

lens — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
hand glass — a small mirror with a handle.
loupe — any of several varieties of magnifying glasses, used by jewelers and watchmakers, of from 2 to 20 power and intended to fit in the eye socket, to be attached to spectacles, or to be held in the hand.
simple microscope — a microscope having a single lens.

All 4 Synonyms of hand lens