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Magnified is when an image is larger than the original and diminished is when an image is smaller than the original

Magnified is when an image is larger than the original and diminished is when an image is smaller than the original.

Here is an example of this:

Here is a diagram to demonstrate this in a different way:

Below you can see that the diminished image on the left is smaller than the original. You can also see that the magnified image on the right is larger than the original.

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