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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-IND-000347 |
|---|---|
| Field | Industrial and trades |
| Subject | Optics and imaging |
| Translations | German: Auxetometer; Spanish: auxetómetro; French: auxétomètre |
Record as JSON
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"translations": {
"de": "Auxetometer",
"es": "auxetómetro",
"fr": "auxétomètre"
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/auxetometer/"
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