magnification

(mag′nə fi kās̸hən)

noun

  1. a magnifying or being magnified
  2. the power of magnifying
  3. a magnified image, model, or representation

Origin: LL magnificatio

See magnification in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
  2. 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.
  3. The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.

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