hand lens
Portable magnifying glass
A hand lens is a small magnifying glass designed to be held in the hand, used for close examination of specimens, documents, or fine details.
Jewelers, botanists, and collectors commonly use them: She examined the insect through a hand lens.
Also called a loupe.
- loupePocket-sized detail viewer
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- field guidePortable species identification manual
- nature walkLeisurely outdoor trek
- gemologyScientific study of gems
jeweler · coin collecting · entomology · portability · botany · trichome · stamp collecting · fine print · close inspection · paleontology · mineralogy · rock hound · enlarge · focal length · curiosity · glass · scrutinize · close-up
- optical devicestelescope, binoculars, microscope, prism, eyeglasses
- field gearbinoculars, camera trap, canteen, field journal, compass
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- fieldwork toolstrowel, brush, shovel, pickaxe, sieve
- magnifiersloupe, reading glass, jeweler's loupe, jewelers loupe
- field instrumentsrock hammer, inclinometer, clinometer, core drill, gravimeter
hand lenselectron microscope
Instrument magnifying via charged particles
scanning electron microscope · naked eye · microscope · compound microscope · telescope
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