multiplying-glassn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌltᵻplʌɪɪŋˌɡlɑːs/,

/ˈmʌltᵻplʌɪɪŋˌɡlas/, U.S.

/ˈməltəˌplaɪɪŋˌɡlæs/

Forms: see multiplying adj. and glass n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multiplying adj., glass n.¹

Etymology: < multiplying adj. + glass n.¹With sense 1, compare multiply v. 5, and slightly later magnifying glass n. at magnifying adj. Compounds.

Now chiefly historical.

1. A magnifying glass. Frequently figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > multiplying glass

multiplying-glass1628

polyscope1684

polyhedron1721

polyoptron1728

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxv. sig. O7 On our sicke beds, [hee] shewes vs all our sinnes in multiplying Glasses.

c1640 Capt. Underwit i, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 336 I wod not have a man..so much a dwarfe that I must use a multiplying glass to know the proportion of his limbes.

a1671 S. Mather Irenicum (1680) 19 The blind prophane world, who pretend to take offence at our divisions, looking upon them in the multiplying Glasses of their own enmity, and so accounting every difference in Religion to be a different Religion.

1804 B. Hunt Diary 1 Jan. in Chester County Hist. Soc. Bull. (1898) 8/2 Then going to the drawer I missed some money..and a particular Multiplying glass for viewing linnen worth $1.50.

1855 C. E. Wilson Somersetshire Dialogues 10 I'd make a vortune by showing he thro' a multiplying glass.

1887 Mind 12 156 Irregular ciliary spasm turned the lens into a kind of multiplying glass.

1986 ELH 53 714 Donne represents the sins of a lifetime in his questioning. He acts the part of Satan's multiplying glass.

†2. A toy consisting of a concave glass or lens, the surface of which is cut into facets so as to give numerous reflections of an observed object. Also figurative. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun]

multiplying-glass1639

Cartesian devil1731

kaleidoscope1817

myriorama1823

thaumatrope1827

bottle imp1833

phantasmascope1833

phenakistoscope1834

stroboscope1836

anorthoscope1842

tantalus-cup1842

phantascope1851

phantoscope1861

Pharaoh's serpent1863

phosphoroscope1866

zoetrope1866

wheel of life1872

praxinoscope1878

zoopraxiscope1881

phantoscope1894

Newton's cradle1971

1639 in Notes & Queries (1953) Dec. 517 A multiplyinge glass full of variety.

a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) ii. i. 68 As for Bellarmine, you may look through him like a Multiplying-glass, and perceive multitudes of people.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 50 So many reproductions of one thing, like the image of the same face repeated in a multiplying glass.

1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. 147 The multiplying glass is made by grinding down the round side..of a convex glass..into several flat surface[s].

1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxxix. 329 Natural multiplying glasses may be found among transparent minerals which are crossed with veins oppositely crystallised.

c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 60/2 A well-known optical toy, called the Multiplying Glass.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multiplying-glass
释义	multiplying-glassn. Brit. /ˈmʌltᵻplʌɪɪŋˌɡlɑːs/, /ˈmʌltᵻplʌɪɪŋˌɡlas/, U.S. /ˈməltəˌplaɪɪŋˌɡlæs/ Forms: see multiplying adj. and glass n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multiplying adj., glass n.¹ Etymology: < multiplying adj. + glass n.¹With sense 1, compare multiply v. 5, and slightly later magnifying glass n. at magnifying adj. Compounds. Now chiefly historical. 1. A magnifying glass. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > magnification or magnifying instruments > [noun] > multiplying glass multiplying-glass1628 polyscope1684 polyhedron1721 polyoptron1728 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxv. sig. O7 On our sicke beds, [hee] shewes vs all our sinnes in multiplying Glasses. c1640 Capt. Underwit i, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 336 I wod not have a man..so much a dwarfe that I must use a multiplying glass to know the proportion of his limbes. a1671 S. Mather Irenicum (1680) 19 The blind prophane world, who pretend to take offence at our divisions, looking upon them in the multiplying Glasses of their own enmity, and so accounting every difference in Religion to be a different Religion. 1804 B. Hunt Diary 1 Jan. in Chester County Hist. Soc. Bull. (1898) 8/2 Then going to the drawer I missed some money..and a particular Multiplying glass for viewing linnen worth $1.50. 1855 C. E. Wilson Somersetshire Dialogues 10 I'd make a vortune by showing he thro' a multiplying glass. 1887 Mind 12 156 Irregular ciliary spasm turned the lens into a kind of multiplying glass. 1986 ELH 53 714 Donne represents the sins of a lifetime in his questioning. He acts the part of Satan's multiplying glass. †2. A toy consisting of a concave glass or lens, the surface of which is cut into facets so as to give numerous reflections of an observed object. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > optical and scientific toys > [noun] multiplying-glass1639 Cartesian devil1731 kaleidoscope1817 myriorama1823 thaumatrope1827 bottle imp1833 phantasmascope1833 phenakistoscope1834 stroboscope1836 anorthoscope1842 tantalus-cup1842 phantascope1851 phantoscope1861 Pharaoh's serpent1863 phosphoroscope1866 zoetrope1866 wheel of life1872 praxinoscope1878 zoopraxiscope1881 phantoscope1894 Newton's cradle1971 1639 in Notes & Queries (1953) Dec. 517 A multiplyinge glass full of variety. a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) ii. i. 68 As for Bellarmine, you may look through him like a Multiplying-glass, and perceive multitudes of people. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. ii. 50 So many reproductions of one thing, like the image of the same face repeated in a multiplying glass. 1764 J. Ferguson Lect. Select Subj. 147 The multiplying glass is made by grinding down the round side..of a convex glass..into several flat surface[s]. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xxxix. 329 Natural multiplying glasses may be found among transparent minerals which are crossed with veins oppositely crystallised. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 60/2 A well-known optical toy, called the Multiplying Glass. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1628
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