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It's a symbol for obtaining refined detail within a certain subset of the whole. The description matches both, yeah?
by bradbeattie 17y ago
It's a symbol for obtaining refined detail within a certain subset of the whole. The description matches both, yeah?
- InclinedPlane 17y agoNot exactly. The magnifying glass for search is an allusion to the Sherlock Holmes-ian private detective, who "searches" for clues and almost always carries a magnifying glass, which often is used in the detection of clues. The fact that there are two completely different functions which use the same common iconography is inconvenient.