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Definition of 'loupe'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A magnifying glass, usually mounted in an eyepiece, often used by jewellers and watchmakers.
  • * 1996 , (David Foster Wallace), Infinite Jest , Abacus 2013, p. 213:
  • Pemulis owns stuff like philatelic forceps, a loupe , a pharmaceutical scale, a postal scale, a personal-size Bunsen burner […].
  • * 2006 , (Thomas Pynchon), Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 264:
  • pale gnomes, patient as lock-pickers, squinted through loupes , adjusting tremblers and timers with tiny screwdrivers and forceps.
  • A type of short-range binoculars used by surgeons and dentists.
  • See also

    * lens * magnifying glass ----