unmagnified

1 7.1

Appears at its normal size without a lens

adjective
/ʌnˈmæɡnɪfaɪd/

Specialized

: no ampliado

The scientist observed the sample using an unmagnified microscope, noting the natural structure without enhancements.

Examples

In an unmagnified photograph, you can see the actual size of the objects without any alterations.
Looking through the unmagnified lens, the details of the distant landscape were clearly visible without any distortion.
Common features include a viewfinder that can be moved around the screen, a feature that splits the screen into magnified and unmagnified areas, and the ability to automatically move across and down a magnified page at a preset speed.

Academic text (1997)

Antonyms

magnified

7 4.0

Made to look larger than normal, often by a lens or by attention

How Magnified

magnified

7 4.0

enlarged

25 3.1

unmagnified

Specialized

1 7.1

Surface Forms

unmagnified positive

Morphology

unmagnified = magnified (transparent) = un + magnify + ed

A straightforward negative prefix 'un-' applied to 'magnified', giving the direct meaning 'not magnified'.

Etymology

The word unmagnified is made of un- meaning 'not' and magnify meaning 'make larger', from Latin magnus 'large'. So unmagnified means 'not made larger', as when you look at something without a lens.