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magnification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun magnification has 4 senses
- magnification(n = noun.act) Array - the act of expanding something in apparent size; Array is a kind of enlargement, expansion
- magnification(n = noun.linkdef) Array - the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object; Array is a kind of ratio
- magnification(n = noun.communication) exaggeration, overstatement - making to seem more important than it really is; Array is a kind of deceit, deception, misrepresentation
- magnification(n = noun.artifact) blowup, enlargement - a photographic print that has been enlarged; Array is a kind of exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture
Derived form verb magnify1
Derived forms verb magnify3, verb magnify1
Derived forms verb magnify1, verb magnify2
Derived forms verb magnify3, verb magnify1
CIDE DICTIONARY
magnification, n.
The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
magnification, n.
1 the act or an instance of magnifying; the process of being magnified.
2 the amount or degree of magnification.
3 the apparent enlargement of an object by a lens.
1 the act or an instance of magnifying; the process of being magnified.
2 the amount or degree of magnification.
3 the apparent enlargement of an object by a lens.
THESAURUS
magnification
accelerando, acceleration, accolade, addition, adjunct, adulation, aggrandizement, aggravation, ampliation, amplification, annoyance, apotheosis, augmentation, ballyhoo, beatification, beefing-up, bepraisement, big talk, blowing up, blowup, broadening, burlesque, canonization, caricature, concentration, condensation, congratulation, consolidation, contentiousness, crescendo, deepening, deification, deliberate aggravation, deployment, deterioration, dignification, dilatation, dilation, dispersion, elevation, eloge, embittering, embitterment, encomium, enhancement, enlargement, ennoblement, enshrinement, enthronement, eulogium, eulogy, exacerbation, exaggerating, exaggeration, exaltation, exasperation, excess, excessive praise, exorbitance, expansion, explosion, extension, extravagance, extreme, fanning out, flare, flattery, glorification, glory, grandiloquence, heating-up, heightening, hero worship, hiking, homage, hommage, honor, huckstering, hyperbole, hyperbolism, idolatry, idolizing, immortalization, increase, inflation, information explosion, inordinacy, intensification, irritation, kudos, laud, laudation, lionizing, meed of praise, overemphasis, overestimation, overkill, overpraise, overstatement, paean, panegyric, pickup, population explosion, praise, prodigality, profuseness, provocation, puffery, puffing up, raising, redoubling, reinforcement, sainting, sanctification, sensationalism, sharpening, souring, speedup, splay, spread, spreading, step-up, strengthening, stretching, superlative, tall talk, tightening, touting, travesty, tribute, upping, widening, worsening
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