magnification : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: magnification	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for magnification
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
magnification n the act of expanding something in apparent size the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object making to seem more important than it really is Synonym(s): exaggeration, overstatement, magnification Antonym(s): understatement a photographic print that has been enlarged Synonym(s): enlargement, blowup, magnification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magnification \Mag`nifica"tion\, n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.]