magnifications
Degrees of enlargement
Magnifications are instances or degrees of making something appear larger than it actually is.
In optics, magnification refers to how much a lens or instrument enlarges an image: The microscope offers magnifications up to 1000x.
The term extends to any amplification or exaggeration: His magnifications of minor setbacks into catastrophes exhausted everyone around him.
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- binocularsHandheld dual-lens magnifier
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- eyepieceLens you look through
zoom · focal · aperture · resolution · diopter · objective · ocular · prism
Rapid movement or magnification
- pixelSmallest display unit
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- displayPresentation for viewing
- screenDisplay or barrier
resolution · interpolation · scaling · image processing · vector · raster · enhancement · cropping
Accuracy of measurement
- intricacyState of elaborate complexity
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
- granularityLevel of detail
clarity · sharpness · definition · fineness · resolution · close-up · fine print · texture
Increase in intensity
- expansionIncrease in scope
- scale-upProportional increase in magnitude
- blowupSudden fit of rage
- increaseGrowth in amount
augmentation · extension · multiplication · boost · enhancement · upscaling · proportional · ratio
Instrument magnifying via charged particles
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- nanoscaleBillionth-meter dimension
- cellularComposed of small units
- atomicOf elemental particles
spectroscopy · imaging · diffraction · nanometer · angstrom · biomolecules · subatomic · scanning
microscope
Instrument for viewing minute objects
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- binocularsHandheld dual-lens magnifier
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
eyepiece · zoom · focal · aperture · resolution · diopter · objective · ocular · prism · refraction
zoom
Rapid movement or magnification
- pixelSmallest display unit
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- displayPresentation for viewing
screen · resolution · interpolation · scaling · image processing · vector · raster · enhancement · cropping · software
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- intricacyState of elaborate complexity
- nuanceSlight shade of difference
- minutiaePetty precise particulars
granularity · clarity · sharpness · definition · fineness · resolution · close-up · fine print · texture · subtlety
amplification
Increase in intensity
increase · augmentation · extension · multiplication · boost · enhancement · upscaling · proportional · ratio · times
electron microscope
Instrument magnifying via charged particles
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- nanoscaleBillionth-meter dimension
- cellularComposed of small units
atomic · spectroscopy · imaging · diffraction · nanometer · angstrom · biomolecules · subatomic · scanning · transmission
magnificationsreductions
Acts of lessening
diminutions · contractions · compressions · minimizations · decreases
magnificationsreductions
Acts of lessening
diminutions · decreases · lessening · weakenings · dampening
magnificationsunderstatements
Deliberately diminished descriptions
minimizations · underestimations · belittlements · trivializations · diminishments
- image magnificationEnlarging a visual representation