Magnification
noun
The process of making something appear larger than it actually is.
The magnification of the microscope allows us to see tiny objects clearly.
Often appears as...
- microscope magnification
- magnification lens
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Technical
noun
The degree to which something is or can be magnified.
This telescope has a magnification of 20 times.
Often appears as...
- maximum magnification
- high magnification
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Technical
noun
An exaggerated representation or version of something.
The media often involves the magnification of certain events.
Often appears as...
- magnification of problems
- magnification of risk
noun
The process of making something appear larger than it actually is.
The magnification of the microscope allows us to see tiny objects clearly.
Often appears as...
- microscope magnification
- magnification lens
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The degree to which something is or can be magnified.
This telescope has a magnification of 20 times.
Often appears as...
- maximum magnification
- high magnification
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An exaggerated representation or version of something.
The media often involves the magnification of certain events.
Often appears as...
- magnification of problems
- magnification of risk
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Optical Devices
Refer to 'magnification' when discussing binoculars, microscopes, or telescopes to explain their ability to enlarge images.
The binoculars had an 8x magnification, making distant birds appear close.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Details
'Magnification' implies making fine details visible which are otherwise too small to see.
At 400x magnification, the cells were clearly visible.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
Understand that 'magnification' does not physically alter an object, it only changes its appearance to our eyes.
Even with the magnification, the actual size of the ant remained the same.
Pro Tip 1/3Optical Devices
Refer to 'magnification' when discussing binoculars, microscopes, or telescopes to explain their ability to enlarge images.
The binoculars had an 8x magnification, making distant birds appear close.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Details
'Magnification' implies making fine details visible which are otherwise too small to see.
At 400x magnification, the cells were clearly visible.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
Understand that 'magnification' does not physically alter an object, it only changes its appearance to our eyes.
Even with the magnification, the actual size of the ant remained the same.
Pro Tip 1/3Optical Devices
Refer to 'magnification' when discussing binoculars, microscopes, or telescopes to explain their ability to enlarge images.
The binoculars had an 8x magnification, making distant birds appear close.
Pro Tip 2/3Visible Details
'Magnification' implies making fine details visible which are otherwise too small to see.
At 400x magnification, the cells were clearly visible.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Physical Change
Understand that 'magnification' does not physically alter an object, it only changes its appearance to our eyes.
Even with the magnification, the actual size of the ant remained the same.
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Secret Life of Head Lice...
Nitz what I'm afraid sir you have headlights on I'm not gonna be able to deal with you today you're joking how embarrassing but what a head lice really looked like our clothes under the microscope and when I say clothes I mean at 200 times magnification it's reckoned that as many as 3 million people per
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A journey through the...
and I poured resin all over it and a bee got stuck. Now, she's afraid of bees and she's allergic to them, so I poured more resin on the canvas, thinking I could hide it or something. Instead, the opposite It sort of created a magnification, like a magnifying glass, on the dictionary text.
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David Logan: Tribal...
and you zoom in with one of those super satellite cameras and do magnification factors so you could see individual people, you would in fact see not a single crowd, just like there is not a single crowd here, but you would see these tribes that are then coming together.
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How we're growing baby...
This is a coral that I studied during my PhD -- I got to know it quite well. And after this storm took off half of its tissue, it became infested with algae, the algae overgrew the tissue and that coral died. This magnification of threats, this compounding of factors
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Heather Barnett: What...
yet it can perform behaviors that we associate with brain function. It can learn, it can remember, it can solve problems, it can make decisions. So where does that intelligence lie? So this is a microscopy, a video I shot, and it's about 100 times magnification,
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How The Moon Affects Our...
of the different phases through magnifications they realized that the moon was not just a perfect unblemished circle but in fact it was of world and if the moon was world and it had geological features then perhaps the earth was itself a cosmological object
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Mina Bissell:...
On the right, you see it looks very ugly, the cells continue to grow, the normal ones stop. And you see here in higher magnification the normal acinus and the ugly tumor. So we said, what is on the surface of these ugly tumors? Could we calm them down --
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The wonderful and...
dozens of new clinically relevant features of tumors which help doctors make a prognosis of a cancer. Very similarly, in Stanford, a group there announced that, looking at tissues under magnification, they've developed a machine learning-based system
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Experiments that point...
beautiful structure on the right you see it looks very ugly the cells continue to grow the normal ones stop and you see here in higher magnification the normal asanas and the ugly tumor so we said what is on the surface of these oddly
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
The issue with photography at high magnification is that there is inherently a very shallow depth of field. So to get around that, what I do is, I put my camera on a rail that I can automate to move 10 microns in between each shot.
Video examples
Secret Life of Head Lice...
Nitz what I'm afraid sir you have headlights on I'm not gonna be able to deal with you today you're joking how embarrassing but what a head lice really looked like our clothes under the microscope and when I say clothes I mean at 200 times magnification it's reckoned that as many as 3 million people per
Video examples
A journey through the...
and I poured resin all over it and a bee got stuck. Now, she's afraid of bees and she's allergic to them, so I poured more resin on the canvas, thinking I could hide it or something. Instead, the opposite It sort of created a magnification, like a magnifying glass, on the dictionary text.
Video examples
David Logan: Tribal...
and you zoom in with one of those super satellite cameras and do magnification factors so you could see individual people, you would in fact see not a single crowd, just like there is not a single crowd here, but you would see these tribes that are then coming together.
Video examples
How we're growing baby...
This is a coral that I studied during my PhD -- I got to know it quite well. And after this storm took off half of its tissue, it became infested with algae, the algae overgrew the tissue and that coral died. This magnification of threats, this compounding of factors
Video examples
Heather Barnett: What...
yet it can perform behaviors that we associate with brain function. It can learn, it can remember, it can solve problems, it can make decisions. So where does that intelligence lie? So this is a microscopy, a video I shot, and it's about 100 times magnification,
Video examples
How The Moon Affects Our...
of the different phases through magnifications they realized that the moon was not just a perfect unblemished circle but in fact it was of world and if the moon was world and it had geological features then perhaps the earth was itself a cosmological object
Video examples
Mina Bissell:...
On the right, you see it looks very ugly, the cells continue to grow, the normal ones stop. And you see here in higher magnification the normal acinus and the ugly tumor. So we said, what is on the surface of these ugly tumors? Could we calm them down --
Video examples
The wonderful and...
dozens of new clinically relevant features of tumors which help doctors make a prognosis of a cancer. Very similarly, in Stanford, a group there announced that, looking at tissues under magnification, they've developed a machine learning-based system
Video examples
Experiments that point...
beautiful structure on the right you see it looks very ugly the cells continue to grow the normal ones stop and you see here in higher magnification the normal asanas and the ugly tumor so we said what is on the surface of these oddly
Video examples
Mind-blowing, magnified...
The issue with photography at high magnification is that there is inherently a very shallow depth of field. So to get around that, what I do is, I put my camera on a rail that I can automate to move 10 microns in between each shot.
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S. S. Rajamouli
Indian Director
Mayabazar' was the film I immensely loved as a kid. Only when I became a filmmaker about 20 years later did I realise its technical marvel and what a great epic it was. I and my visual effects supervisor, while making 'Yamadonga,' took two days to understand the magnification shot of Ghatothkatcha's persona.
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Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
Repentance, prayer, and pondering over the scriptures are essential parts of our qualifying for the gifts of the Spirit in our priesthood service. Further magnification of our power to serve will come as we respond with faith to go forward in our callings with the Holy Ghost to help us.
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William Wilberforce
English Politician
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
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S. S. Rajamouli
Indian Director
Mayabazar' was the film I immensely loved as a kid. Only when I became a filmmaker about 20 years later did I realise its technical marvel and what a great epic it was. I and my visual effects supervisor, while making 'Yamadonga,' took two days to understand the magnification shot of Ghatothkatcha's persona.
Quote examples
Henry B. Eyring
American Leader
Repentance, prayer, and pondering over the scriptures are essential parts of our qualifying for the gifts of the Spirit in our priesthood service. Further magnification of our power to serve will come as we respond with faith to go forward in our callings with the Holy Ghost to help us.
Quote examples
William Wilberforce
English Politician
The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.
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