magnification

名词 magnification:

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
   同义词：exaggeration, overstatement
4. a photographic print that has been enlarged
   同义词：enlargement, blowup

1. An image that is too small to be read without magnification.
   一种需要经过放大才可阅读的微小图象。
2. A photograph requiring magnification for viewing.
   微型照片放大后才看得清楚的照片

mag.ni.fi.ca.tion

n.（名词）
The act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
放大：放大的动作或者被放大的状态

The process of enlarging the size of something, as an optical image.
放大：放大某一物体的尺寸，如一个光学图象的尺寸
Something that has been magnified; an enlarged representation, image, or model.
被放大的东西；放大的艺术作品、图象或者是模型
The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.
放大率：图象的尺寸和实物尺寸之间的比率