magnification

Plural: magnifications

Noun

• the act of expanding something in apparent size
• the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
• making to seem more important than it really is
• a photographic print that has been enlarged
• The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration.
• The apparent enlargement of an object in an image, for example using a lens, or by zooming in on a computer.
• Amplification.

Examples

• His story included a magnification of the events.
• magnification of sound

Synonyms

blowup, enlargement, exaggeration, overstatement

Antonyms

understatement, minification