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Magnification

//ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. countable, uncountable

    "His story included a magnification of the events."

  2. 2
    the act of expanding something in apparent size wordnet
  3. 3
    The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a photographic print that has been enlarged wordnet
  5. 5
    Amplification. countable, uncountable

    "magnification of sound"

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  1. 6
    making to seem more important than it really is wordnet
  2. 7
    the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object wordnet

Etymology

From magnify + -ification.

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