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magnification

[mag-nuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmæg nə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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So you have no field of vision, but you have incredible magnification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

It’s a magnification of childhood playtime, a puppet show in which the puppets have broken loose from the puppeteers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2025

This region of space was selected in part because it is located behind several galaxy clusters that create a natural magnification effect called gravitational lensing.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2023

So far MOA has only detected six microlensing events that are consistent with magnification by a low-mass rogue planet, says MOA collaborator Takahiro Sumi, a professor at Osaka University, who co-authored both preprint studies.

From Scientific American • Oct. 5, 2023

If telescopes with a magnification of 20X had had a practical application, they would have had them.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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