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magnification
" The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy."
William Wilberforce

Meaning of "magnification" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MAGNIFICATION

ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAGNIFICATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Magnification is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAGNIFICATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Magnification

Magnification is the process of enlarging something only in appearance, not in physical size. This enlargement is quantified by a calculated number also called "magnification". When this number is less than one, it refers to a reduction in size, sometimes called "minification" or "de-magnification". Typically, magnification is related to scaling up visuals or images to be able to see more detail, increasing resolution, using microscope, printing techniques, or digital processing. In all cases, the magnification of the image does not change the perspective of the image.

Definition of magnification in the English dictionary

The first definition of magnification in the dictionary is the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified. Other definition of magnification is the degree to which something is magnified. Magnification is also a copy, photograph, drawing, etc, of something magnified.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAGNIFICATION

allocation · application · authentication · certification · classification · communication · dedication · education · identification · indication · location · medication · modification · notification · publication · qualification · relocation · specification · vacation · verification

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAGNIFICATION

magnifiable · magnific · magnifical · magnifically · Magnificat · magnification factor · magnificence · magnificent · magnificent riflebird · magnificently · magnificentness · magnifico · magnified · magnifier · magnifies · magnify · magnifying · magnifying glass · magniloquence · magniloquent

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAGNIFICATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · association · citation · combination · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · evaluation · excitation · federation · formation · foundation · generation

Synonyms and antonyms of magnification in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MAGNIFICATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «magnification» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «magnification» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF MAGNIFICATION

Find out the translation of magnification to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of magnification from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «magnification» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

放大
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

aumento
570 millions of speakers
en

English

magnification
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बढ़ाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التكبير
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

увеличение
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

aumento
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বৃহত্তরীকরণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

grossissement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pembesaran
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Vergrößerung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

拡大
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

확대
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nggedhekake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phóng đại
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உருப்பெருக்கம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

विस्तृतीकरण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

büyütme
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ingrandimento
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

powiększenie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

збільшення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

mărire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγέθυνση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergroting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förstoringen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forstørrelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of magnification

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAGNIFICATION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of magnification
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «magnification».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about magnification

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «MAGNIFICATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word magnification.
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William Wilberforce
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAGNIFICATION»

Discover the use of magnification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to magnification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microbiology for Health Careers
The objective lenses can be rotated depending on the total magnification desired and the object being viewed. The low- power objective has the shortest length and is generally used to locate microbes to be studied. It gives a magnification of  ...
Lynne I. Grover-Lakomia, Elizabeth Fong, 1998
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Physics For Dummies
Finding the magnification of converging lenses is the easy part. As with mirrors, you can calculate the magnification this way: m = –di / do If the magnification is negative, the image is inverted with respect to the object. If the magnification ...
Steve Holzner, 2006
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Handbook of Biological Confocal Microscopy
Lateral Chromatic Aberration or Chromatic Magnification Difference Because magnification is proportional to 1/f, the same change of f with X that causes light of different X to focus on different planes (producing axial chromatic aberration) also ...
James Pawley, 2010
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Light and Electron Microscopy
Beyond a certain level of enlargement, however, no further detail can be detected ; that is, useful magnification is exceeded. Thus, on reflection, it will be clear that the purpose of microscopy is to reveal detail not perceived by the unaided eye.
Elizabeth M. Slayter, Henry S. Slayter, 1992
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Clinical Optics and Refraction: A Guide for Optometrists, ...
is corrected using a contact lens (assuming a thin contact lens) the contact lens magnification can be given by: Ocular refraction K or SMcl Contact lens correction cl F = With the positions of the correcting contact lens and principal point of a ...
Andrew Keirl, Caroline Christie, 2007
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The Planet Observer's Handbook
The overall magnification (M) of the telescope is given simply by dividing the focal length of the objective (F) with the focal length of the eyepiece (/) Thus, with an objective whose focal length is 45 inches used with an eyepiece of focal length ...
Fred W. Price, 2000
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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
Imaging Properties of Digital Magnification Mammography Nobukazu Tanaka1, Kentaro Naka1, Seiji Kumazawa2, Junji Morishita2 Hidetaka Arimura2, Fukai Toyofuku2, Masafumi Ohki2, and Yoshiharu Higashida2 1 Department of Health  ...
Olaf Dössel, Wolfgang C. Schlegel, 2010
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Observing the Universe: A Guide to Observational Astronomy ...
As with the objective lenses, the eyepieces are also composed of a series of lenses and are often designed to work in conjunction with specific objectives to compensate for any colour-dependent differences in the magnification of the objective ...
Andrew J. Norton, 2004
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Dictionary of Pure and Applied Physics
magnification, longitudinal in contact with the magnetic material. See magnetostriction. magnetron A device that converts DC electrical energy to microwave energy with high efficiency. Electrons emitted by a cathode toward an anode interact ...
Dipak Basu, 2000
10
The World of Physics
The image on the screen is real and inverted but its size depends on the distances u and v as we have learnt from the magnification formula. It is probably simplest to obtain a set of results for M and v as follows. Figure 3. 1 3 Measuring the ...
John Avison, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAGNIFICATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term magnification is used in the context of the following news items.
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Salmonella outbreak linked to Melbourne's Langham hotel …
SEM of salmonella cells, magnification (color enhanced). Six people have been treated in hospital after an outbreak of salmonella in Victoria. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Apple invents natural tap-based gesture input for nudging onscreen …
Apple's iOS features a virtual magnification loupe as a workaround for accurate UI asset selection, but the method is not as precise as a ... «Apple Insider, Jul 15»
3
DIY £1 microscopes now possible using a smartphone, an oven and …
It revolutionise the field of optics, where traditionally you purchase one lens with one magnification," Cen told IBTimes UK. "The Lens Maker is ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
4
iSperm lets your iPad analyze your swimmers at home
Now used for livestock, the high-magnification iSperm microscope might be available for men as soon as next year. Aidmics. The iPad can be ... «CNET, Jul 15»
5
Exclusive: African inventor tackles visual impairment with …
Overall, Think and Zoom is a proprietary, patent-pending wearable technology that offers hands free visual magnification for individuals who ... «IT News Africa, Jul 15»
6
Asus PB279Q Review: For PC Gaming in Ultra High Definition …
Some programs recognise the command to quadruple themselves and do so by simple magnification which makes them look blurry. Others ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
7
Smarter Analysis of Hardened Zones with the ZEISS Smartzoom 5
Besides generating macros or jobs, supervisors also define the required steps of analysis and the microscope settings, such as magnification, ... «Azom.com, Jul 15»
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David Gilmore: 'If Sinatra was alive, he'd be playing at the O2 – and …
“It's not unusual in any concert you go to now to find some image magnification and big moving pieces of scenery to create theatrical 'wow' ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
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Discovery of world's oldest preserved sperm cell happened by …
Benjamin Bomfleur, a researcher from Swedish Museum of Natural History, said that under the observations from high magnification ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Forward to The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of …
... their blurring of the distinction between materialism and idealism, their magnification of the significance of the “unconscious” and the power of ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
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