magnification
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From magnify + -ification.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]magnification (usually uncountable, plural magnifications)
- The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
- His story included a magnification of the events.
- The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer.
- Amplification.
- magnification of sound
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]act of magnifying
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apparent enlargement
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See also
[edit]magnification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- “magnification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.