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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

Each robot is barely visible without magnification, measuring roughly 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 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

It appeared in Hubble’s image three times because of distortion and magnification from a massive cluster of galaxies sitting between it and Earth—an effect called gravitational lensing.

From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 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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