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• n  a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

• Continental Western Europeans hadunderstandablya dread of war talk and crisis which acted as a psychological magnifier on every sign from Washington that peace could be won .
• The device is a pair of special magnifiers snapped onto the surgeon's regular eyeglasses, to be lowered into position when needed.
• One of the most powerful magnifiers currently in use is a cabaret show with the unwieldy title, Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.

News & Articles

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• New DaVinci HD/OCR (Text-to-Speech) Offers Independence for Millions of Visually Impaired Americans
  New DaVinci HD/OCR (Text-to-Speech) Offers Independence for Millions of Visually Impaired Americans Enhanced Vision Launches “DaVinci HD/OCR”– a Feature-Rich High Definition Electronic Magnifier (CCTV) Featuring Text-to-Speech (OCR) and a 3-in-1 Camera Enhanced Vision, America’s leading manufacturer of magnifying solutions for the visually impaired, launched a powerful new high definition ...
  July 13, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise

Quotes

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• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in USA Today
  We will wait patiently, listen to their words carefully, scrutinize their actions under a magnifier and if change happens truly and fundamentally, we will welcome that,Ahmadinejad said, speaking to a crowd of thousands.
• Todd Gitlin in Boston Globe
  The draft was a huge magnifier,Gitlin says. "It convinced people that they had a stake even if they didn't necessarily have a position."