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naked eye

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*naked eye
the human eye, unassisted by optics, such as a telescope, microscope, or spectacles. (*Typically: appear to ~; look to ~; see with ~; visible to~.) I can't see the bird's markings with the naked eye. The scientist could see nothing in the liquid with the naked eye, but with the aid of a microscope, she identified the bacteria. That's how it appears to the naked eye.
See also: eye, naked
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On the opposite side the enemy could be seen by the naked eye, and from their battery a milk-white cloud arose.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
You must know that the Marionette, even from his birth, had very small ears, so small indeed that to the naked eye they could hardly be seen.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
I could see distinctly the limbs of these vermin with my naked eye, much better than those of a European louse through a microscope, and their snouts with which they rooted like swine.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
 
 
 
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