magnification
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So you have no field of vision, but you have incredible magnification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The region of the highest cone density lies within the foveae, allowing the birds to clearly perceive distant objects through magnification.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2024
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
“The scrutiny, the magnification of mistakes. It’s a torture test.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2023
Galileo’s first telescope had a usable magnification of 8x; by the beginning of 1610 he had managed to produce one that had a magnification of 3 ox and he had begun to explore the heavens.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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