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Magnification   /mˌægnəfəkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Magnification

noun
1.
The act of expanding something in apparent size.
2.
The ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object.
3.
Making to seem more important than it really is.  Synonyms: exaggeration, overstatement.
4.
A photographic print that has been enlarged.  Synonyms: blowup, enlargement.





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"Magnification" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the process of courtship. Fere regards this biological element as merely a superficial analogy, on the ground that an act of cruelty may become an equivalent of coitus. But a sexual perversion is quite commonly constituted by the selection and magnification of a single moment ...
— Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 (of 6) • Havelock Ellis


Words linked to "Magnification" :   overstatement, exposure, enlargement, blowup, ratio, deceit, deception, misrepresentation, pic, exaggeration, magnify, photo, understatement, photograph, expansion, picture


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