demagnified
Optically reduced down
Demagnified describes something that has been reduced in apparent size through an optical system.
Where magnification makes things appear larger, demagnification makes them smaller.
The term appears in technical contexts involving lenses, microscopes, or imaging systems: The image was demagnified to fit the sensor.
Also used figuratively for anything made to seem smaller or less significant.
Decrease in size
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- diminishTo make smaller
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
minimize · contract · lessen · compress · condense · smaller · proportional · thumbnail
Light-focusing curved glass
- reductionMaking something smaller
- shrinkageDecrease in size
- eyepieceLens you look through
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
binoculars · viewfinder · distortion · contraction · diminution · demagnification
Diminish perceived importance
- understateExpress with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- deemphasizeReduce perceived significance
- underemphasizeGive inadequate attention to
soft-pedal · diminish · background · subordinate · secondary · peripheral · sideline · understated
Broad general summary
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- macroscopicVisible to naked eye
- gestaltIntegrated perceptual whole
perspective · abstracted · generalized · simplified · synthesized
shrink
Decrease in size
decrease · minimize · contract · lessen · compress · condense · smaller · proportional · thumbnail · miniaturize
lens
Light-focusing curved glass
telescope · binoculars · viewfinder · distortion · contraction · diminution · demagnification
downplay
Diminish perceived importance
- understateExpress with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- deemphasizeReduce perceived significance
underemphasize · soft-pedal · diminish · background · subordinate · secondary · peripheral · sideline · understated · muted
overview
Broad general summary
- contextCircumstances shaping meaning
- holisticAddressing interconnected wholes
- macroscopicVisible to naked eye
gestalt · perspective · abstracted · generalized · simplified · synthesized
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