magnification
(mag′nə fi kā′s̸hən)
noun
- a magnifying or being magnified
- the power of magnifying
- a magnified image, model, or representation
Origin:
LL magnificatio
See magnification in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
a. The process of enlarging the size of something, as an optical image.
b. Something that has been magnified; an enlarged representation, image, or model.
- The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.
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