magnification

English

Etymology

From magnify +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

magnification (usually uncountable, plural magnifications)

1. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.

   His story included a magnification of the events.

2. The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer.
3. Amplification.

   magnification of sound

Antonyms

• minification

Derived terms

• biomagnification
• demagnification
• overmagnification
• remagnification

Translations

act of magnifying

• Bulgarian: увеличение (bg) n (uveličenie)
• Finnish: suurennus (fi), suurentaminen (fi); suurentelu (exaggeration)
• French: agrandissement (fr) m
• German: Vergrößerung (de) f
• Italian: magnificazione f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstørrelse m

• Polish: powiększanie (pl) n
• Romanian: mărire (ro) f
• Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n (uveličénije)

apparent enlargement

• Bulgarian: увеличение (bg) n (uveličenie)
• Finnish: suurennus (fi)
• German: Vergrößerung (de) f
• Italian: ingrandimento (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstørrelse m

• Polish: powiększenie (pl) n
• Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n (uveličénije)

See also

• magnification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “magnification”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.