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
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
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
“At this magnification you can’t see much,” Christoph said.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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