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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

magnification
    n 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 [syn:
       exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant:
       understatement]
    4: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn:
       enlargement, blowup, magnification]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Magnification \Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n.
   The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.]
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Magnification:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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