magnification
English
Etymology
magnify + -ification
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
magnification (usually uncountable, plural magnifications)
- The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
- The apparent enlargement of an object in an image.
Antonyms
- minification (opposite)
Translations
act of magnifying
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apparent enlargement
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See also
- magnification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for magnification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)