PHYSICAL QUANTITY

Lens magnification: formulas and units of measurement

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

Γdimensionless quantity

KEY CONNECTIONS

Formulas

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Γ = H / h

Γ = f / d

NOTATION

Quantities in formulas

: Lens magnification is the ratio of image size to object size.
: Image height is the linear size of the image of an object.
: The height of an object is the linear size of the object in question.
: Image distance is the distance from the lens to the resulting image.
: Object distance - the distance from the lens to the object in question.

THEORY

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DIRECTORY

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