"magnification" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-magnification.wav [US] Forms: magnifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: magnify + -ification Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|magnify|ification}} magnify + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} magnification (usually uncountable, plural magnifications)
  1. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (act of magnifying): увеличение (uveličenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), suurennus (Finnish), suurentaminen (Finnish), suurentelu (english: exaggeration) (Finnish), agrandissement [masculine] (French), Vergrößerung [feminine] (German), magnificazione [feminine] (Italian), forstørrelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), powiększanie [neuter] (Polish), mărire [feminine] (Romanian), увеличе́ние (uveličénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-magnification-en-noun-3uLzwuJc Disambiguation of 'act of magnifying': 92 8 0
  2. The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (apparent enlargement): увеличение (uveličenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), suurennus (Finnish), Vergrößerung [feminine] (German), ingrandimento [masculine] (Italian), forstørrelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), powiększenie [neuter] (Polish), увеличе́ние (uveličénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-magnification-en-noun-HzpfEJcq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ification Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 52 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ification: 28 65 6 Disambiguation of 'apparent enlargement': 38 60 2
  3. Amplification. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-magnification-en-noun-Bi8H30JQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biomagnification, demagnification, overmagnification, remagnification

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "apparent enlargement",
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      "sense": "apparent enlargement",
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