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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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;
[syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification]

4. a photographic print that has been enlarged;
[syn: enlargement, blowup, magnification]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Magnification \Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n.
   The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

magnification
    n 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 [syn:
       exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant:
       understatement]
    4: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn:
       enlargement, blowup, magnification]