Magnification
Magnification was the process of enlarging the perceived size of an object for closer observation. This was a feature on viewscreens.

In 2266, after Spock detected a blip on the motion sensor of the , Captain James T. Kirk ordered to go to full magnification on the viewscreen. ()

In 2268, after the Enterprise discovered indications of energy turbulence and encountered the space amoeba, Captain Kirk ordered a magnification factor three on-screen. ()

In 2366, sensors aboard the  indicated the approach of a Borg vessel but there was no visual contact. Captain Jean-Luc Picard ordered Worf to use their current screen magnification to view fifty s starboard. Later, while examining a cross section of computer core processor 451, Geordi La Forge requested a magnification, factor fifty. Data later requested a magnification factor of 1,000 when viewing element 0299 of the same computer core processor. ()

See also
Magnifying glass
Microscope
Telescope

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