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What (who) is MAGNIFY - definition
PROCESS OF ENLARGING SOMETHING ONLY IN APPEARANCE, NOT IN PHYSICAL SIZE
Magnify; Linear magnification; Linear Magnification; Image Zoom; Angular magnification; Transverse magnification; Angular Magnification; Lateral magnification; Demagnification; Auxometer
magnify
(magnifies, magnifying, magnified)
1.
To magnify an object means to make it appear larger than it really is, by means of a special lens or mirror.
This version of the Digges telescope magnifies images 11 times...
A lens would magnify the picture so it would be like looking at a large TV screen.
...magnifying lenses.
= enlarge
? reduce
VERB: V n n, V n, V-ing
2.
To magnify something means to increase its effect, size, loudness, or intensity.
Their noises were magnified in the still, wet air.
VERB: V n
3.
If you magnify something, you make it seem more important or serious than it really is.
They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details...
= exaggerate
VERB: V n
magnify
¦ verb (magnifies, magnifying, magnified)
1. make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope.
increase or intensify.
2. archaic praise highly.
Derivatives
magnifier noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. magnifier or L. magnificare, based on L. magnus 'great'.
Magnify
·vi To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
IV. Magnify ·vt To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
V. Magnify ·vi To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
VI. Magnify ·vt To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to Amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
Wikipedia
Magnification
Magnification is the process of enlarging the apparent size, not physical size, of something. This enlargement is quantified by a calculated number also called "magnification". When this number is less than one, it refers to a reduction in size, sometimes called magnification or de-magnification.
Typically, magnification is related to scaling up visuals or images to be able to see more detail, increasing resolution, using microscope, printing techniques, or digital processing. In all cases, the magnification of the image does not change the perspective of the image.
Examples of use of MAGNIFY
1. The lenses magnify the microprinting in a truly remarkable way.
2. I was in a lab with a microscope that could magnify 140 times.
3. The Prime Minister decried "deliberate attempts" to magnify "stray incidents" in Jammu and Kashmir.
4. But his brief statement to MPs only served to magnify the gravity of the error.
5. "However, inadequate trade processing infrastructure and risk management may actually magnify rather than reduce risks.