magnification

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

"When the muscle contracts, all the force is converted into movement in that direction. It's a huge magnification."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 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

“The scrutiny, the magnification of mistakes. It’s a torture test.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 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