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Auxetometer

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-000347

An instrument for measuring the magnification power of a lens or an optical system like a microscope. It works by comparing the size of an object viewed directly with the size of its magnified image produced by the instrument being tested. The resulting measurement is expressed as a magnification factor, such as 10x or 40x, indicating how many times larger the image is compared to the object.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-000347
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectOptics and imaging
TranslationsGerman: Auxetometer; Spanish: auxetómetro; French: auxétomètre
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-000347",
  "term": "Auxetometer",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An instrument for measuring the magnification power of a lens or an optical system like a microscope. It works by comparing the size of an object viewed directly with the size of its magnified image produced by the instrument being tested. The resulting measurement is expressed as a magnification factor, such as 10x or 40x, indicating how many times larger the image is compared to the object.",
  "subject": "Optics and imaging",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Auxetometer",
    "es": "auxetómetro",
    "fr": "auxétomètre"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/auxetometer/"
}

Record 372 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.