"magnification" in the noun sense
1. magnification
the act of expanding something in apparent size
2. magnification
the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
3. exaggeration, overstatement, magnification
making to seem more important than it really is
4. enlargement, blowup, magnification
a photographic print that has been enlarged
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