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What is Angular magnification?

Definition 4.7 University Physics — Year 1 · Chapter 4 — Optical Instruments and the Eye

For an instrument used by the eye, the angular magnification is G=θ/θG = \theta'/\theta, where θ\theta' is the angular size of the image seen through the instrument and θ\theta the angular size of the object seen with the naked eye — at the near point dm=25cmd_m = 25\,\mathrm{cm} for a near object, in place for a distant one.

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