loupe

noun

: a small magnifier used especially by jewelers and watchmakers

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The company’s digital loupes allow surgeons at hospitals including the Mayo Clinic to see with microscope-level precision and record their fields of vision for future training or analysis. Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024 Mahan captains a meticulous army of artisans, lab technicians, engineers, restorers, stone experts, metalworkers, and contractors, who have been fussing over both buildings with tweezers and loupes. Curbed, 9 June 2023 The grader looks through a jeweler's loupe to identify any signs of resealing, restoration, color touching, or tampering. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 1 Dec. 2021 Better text selection – iOS 15 brings back the magnification loupe for text selection. Yoni Heisler, BGR, 20 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for loupe 

Word History

Etymology

French

First Known Use

circa 1775, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of loupe was circa 1775

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“Loupe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loupe. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

Medical Definition

loupe

noun
: a magnifying lens worn especially by surgeons performing microsurgery
also : two such lenses mounted on a single frame
examine the cornea with a binocular loupe

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