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Definition of "magnification" []

  • The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified. (noun)
  • The process of enlarging the size of something, as an optical image. (noun)
  • Something that has been magnified; an enlarged representation, image, or model. (noun)
  • The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "magnification" in a sentence
  • "Flexibility for more magnification is certainly better on the high end but really not often needed on deer."
  • "The only thing changing it is now variable scopes can go 4x magnification from the low end to the high end (e.g. 4-16x) without losing accuracy."
  • "- The low end magnification is fine for shooting in the timber and running shots."