Magnification

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  • n. The process of enlarging the size of something, as an optical image.
  • n. Something that has been magnified; an enlarged representation, image, or model.
  • n. The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.
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  • n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
  • n. The apparent enlargement of an object in an image.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of magnifying, or the state of being magnified or enlarged, as by a lens.
  • n. In microscopy, specifically, increase of visual power in respect of penetration as well as superficial enlargement, thus contrasting with amplification.
  • n. The act of magnifying or extolling.
  • n. In the theory of optical images, the ratio f/x or x′ /f′ , where f is the focal length of the object-space of the optical system and x the distance of the object from the principal focal plane of that space, or where f′ and x′ are the corresponding quantities in the image-space.
  • n. In mathematics, in conformal representation, the modulus of the derivative
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  • n. making to seem more important than it really is
  • n. the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
  • n. a photographic print that has been enlarged
  • n. the act of expanding something in apparent size
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    deception    misrepresentation    deceit    ratio    exposure   
    Cross Reference
    normal magnification   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    enlargement    exaggeration   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
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    leverage    attenuation    drawdown    throughput    binoculars   
     
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