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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

By comparing the apparent positions of the holes as viewed by the optical microscope with the actual positions, the researchers assessed errors from magnification calibration and image distortion of the optical microscope.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 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

We pick them off—there isn’t room for a whole arm or leg under the microscope—and turn the magnification up as high as it will go.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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