What Is Magnification in Microscope

What Is Magnification In Microscope?

Magnification is the ability of a microscope to produce an image of an object at a scale larger (or even smaller) than its actual size. Magnification serves a useful purpose only when it is possible to see more details of an object in the image than when observing the object with the unaided eye.Feb 6, 2015

What do we mean by magnification?

: the act of making something look larger than it is : the act of magnifying something. : the larger appearance of an object when it is seen through a microscope, telescope, etc.

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