magnification

Other forms of magnification

plural

magnifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about magnification

What does magnification mean?

magnification means "the act of expanding something in apparent size". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magnification?

magnification has 5 syllables: mag-ni-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌmæɡnəfəˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for magnification?

Close synonyms include exaggeration, overstatement, enlargement, blowup. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magnification a common word?

magnification is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with magnification?

104 words rhyme with magnification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.