'Magnification' definitions:
Definition of 'magnification'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of expanding something in apparent size
noun
The ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
noun
Making to seem more important than it really is [syn: exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant: understatement]
noun
A photographic print that has been enlarged [syn: enlargement, blowup, magnification]
Definition of 'Magnification'
From: GCIDE
- Magnification \Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n. The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'magnification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerando,
- acceleration,
- accolade,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- adulation,
- aggrandizement,
- aggravation,
- ampliation,
- amplification,
- annoyance,
- apotheosis,
- augmentation,
- ballyhoo,
- beatification,
- beefing-up,
- bepraisement,
- big talk,
- blowing up,
- blowup,
- broadening,
- burlesque,
- canonization,
- caricature,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- congratulation,
- consolidation,
- contentiousness,
- crescendo,
- deepening,
- deification,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deployment,
- deterioration,
- dignification,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dispersion,
- elevation,
- eloge,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- encomium,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- ennoblement,
- enshrinement,
- enthronement,
- eulogium,
- eulogy,
- exacerbation,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- exaltation,
- exasperation,
- excess,
- excessive praise,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- explosion,
- extension,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- flattery,
- glorification,
- glory,
- grandiloquence,
- heating-up,
- heightening,
- hero worship,
- hiking,
- homage,
- hommage,
- honor,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- idolatry,
- idolizing,
- immortalization,
- increase,
- inflation,
- information explosion,
- inordinacy,
- intensification,
- irritation,
- kudos,
- laud,
- laudation,
- lionizing,
- meed of praise,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overpraise,
- overstatement,
- paean,
- panegyric,
- pickup,
- population explosion,
- praise,
- prodigality,
- profuseness,
- provocation,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- raising,
- redoubling,
- reinforcement,
- sainting,
- sanctification,
- sensationalism,
- sharpening,
- souring,
- speedup,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- step-up,
- strengthening,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- tall talk,
- tightening,
- touting,
- travesty,
- tribute,
- upping,
- widening,
- worsening