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magnifying power

The ability of an optical system to make an object appear larger. An optical element or optical system causing an object to appear twice as high and twice as wide is said to have a magnification of 2-power. The magnifying power of a telescope may be defined as the ratio of the apparent field of view to the true field of view.
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