magnification

Definition of Magnification in English :

1. magnification

the act of expanding something in apparent size

2. magnification

the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

making to seem more important than it really is

4. blowup, enlargement, magnification

a photographic print that has been enlarged

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Magnification

noun

1.

the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified

2.

the degree to which something is magnified

3.

a copy, photograph, drawing, etc, of something magnified

4.

a measure of the ability of a lens or other optical instrument to magnify, expressed as the ratio of the size of the image to that of the object

noun

1.

a magnifying or being magnified

2.

the power of magnifying

3.

a magnified image, model, or representation

n.

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.