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naked eye



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Idioms and Phrases

Sight unassisted by an instrument such as a microscope or telescope. For example, These insects are too small to be seen with the naked eye . This expression was first recorded in 1664.
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Example Sentences

Even during a partial eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the Sun with the naked eye as it can cause eye damage, including blindness.

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Though he admits comparing reports from recent years has got easier due to mobile phone and digital cameras being more sensitive to capturing the aurora than the naked eye.

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Most are expected to be visible to the naked eye, though not all seven.

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Four of the planets - Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars - will be visible to the naked eye.

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Predicting whether a snowy hillside might slide depends on a dizzying array of factors, most of which are not obvious to the naked eye.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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