enlargement

The word magnification means:

• generally the growth of a thing, e.g. B. through growth
• in optics the relationship between the angle at which the image of an object appears in an optical device and the angle at which it can be seen with the naked eye, see magnification (optics)
• a process in photography, see enlargement (photography)
• a common means of contrapuntal composition, see augmentation (music)

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