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MAGNIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of expanding something in apparent size

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("magnification" is a kind of...):

enlargement; expansion (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)

Derivation:

magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A photographic print that has been enlarged

Synonyms:

blowup; enlargement; magnification

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("magnification" is a kind of...):

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

Derivation:

magnify (make large)

magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Making to seem more important than it really is

Synonyms:

exaggeration; magnification; overstatement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("magnification" is a kind of...):

deceit; deception; misrepresentation (a misleading falsehood)

Derivation:

magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)

magnify (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("magnification" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Derivation:

magnify (make large)

magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using an electron microscope.

(Device Electron Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)