noun. One who or that which enlarges, increases, extends, or expands; an amplifier.

noun. One who or that which enlarges.

noun. an optical device for making copies of photographs larger than the original, having a head for holding the original, a source of illumination to project the image, and a bed for holding the sensitized photographic paper which will received the larger image.

noun. An optical device used to make enlarged prints from a photographic negative

noun. Any device that makes something bigger, or appear bigger.

noun. photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph

"The dim aura of red light, the smell of different chemical baths as you poured, the brilliant sharp focused light of the enlarger as you anxiously wait to see your negative secrets come to life; these are the sensory (even sensual) aspects of my paradise lost."

photographic equipment  

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