'Reading glass' definitions:
Definition of 'Reading glass'
From: GCIDE
- Reading \Read"ing\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. [1913 Webster]
- Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
- Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.
- Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
- Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.
- Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reading glass'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achromatic lens,
- astigmatic lens,
- burning glass,
- camera,
- coated lens,
- concave lens,
- concavo-convex lens,
- condenser,
- convex lens,
- eyeglass,
- eyepiece,
- glass,
- hand lens,
- lens,
- magnifier,
- magnifying glass,
- meniscus,
- object glass,
- objective,
- objective prism,
- ocular,
- prism,
- reader,
- telephoto lens,
- toric lens,
- varifocal lens,
- zoom lens