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magnification

[mag-nuh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmæg nə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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With two black holes acting as gravitational lenses, the region where extreme magnification can occur becomes much larger.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

So you have no field of vision, but you have incredible magnification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Josh Bouganim, a software engineer, proposed examining both cards under 200x magnification to see if the threads in the swatches matched.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

It appeared in Hubble’s image three times because of distortion and magnification from a massive cluster of galaxies sitting between it and Earth—an effect called gravitational lensing.

From Scientific American • Jul. 11, 2023

As they groped their way past giant boulders, using their stolen pikes as walking sticks, Werfel cranked his spectacles to maximum magnification and looked back down the slope.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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