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PHYSICAL QUANTITY

Lens magnification: formulas and units of measurement

Lens magnification: symbol Γ, unit dimensionless. Formulas and explanations for Optics.

\GammaΓ\text{безразм.}dimensionless quantity

KEY CONNECTIONS

Formulas

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\Gamma=\frac{H}{h}Γ = H / h
\Gamma=\frac{f}{d}Γ = f / d

NOTATION

Quantities in formulas

\Gamma
Lens magnification is the ratio of image size to object size.
H
Image height is the linear size of the image of an object.
h
The height of an object is the linear size of the object in question.
f
Image distance is the distance from the lens to the resulting image.
d
Object distance - the distance from the lens to the object in question.

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