magn
mæɡn
A magnifying glass and a 'magnificent' view, one root
The picture The edges of a small thing pushing outward in every direction until it swells big. magn swells something big; brev cuts it short.
Where the picture shows up in magn
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Swelling letters up
Can you magnify the text on the screen?
kæn juː ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ ðə tɛkst ɒn ðə skriːn
Could you make the text on screen bigger?
Letters on a screen growing outward in every direction as the fingers spread.
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Measuring how big it is
We did not expect a problem of this magnitude.
wiː dɪd nɑːt ɪkˈspɛkt ə ˈprɑːbləm əv ðɪs ˈmæɡnɪtuːd
We had no idea the problem was this big.
A problem that started palm-sized now covering a whole wall.
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Big enough to overwhelm
The view from the top floor is magnificent.
ðə vjuː frəm ðə tɑːp flɔːr ɪz mæɡˈnɪfɪsnt
The view from the top floor is wonderful.
A window opening and the view arriving wider than the eyes, stopping the breath.
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How many times swollen
The lab set the microscope to high magnification.
ðə læb sɛt ðə ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp tuː haɪ ˌmæɡnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən
The lab turned the microscope up higher.
A dot the size of a needle tip blown up until it fills the screen.
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A big heart
That was magnanimous of the manager.
ðæt wəz mæɡˈnænɪməs əv ðə ˈmænɪdʒər
That was generous of the manager.
Something worth arguing about waved away with one big sweep of the hand.
magn + anim (spirit) — a big spirit is a generous one.
All of it in one picture
magn is one picture of swelling big. Push letters up in size and you magnify; measure how big the thing is and it is its magnitude. A view that arrives bigger than your eyes is magnificent; how many times over the microscope swells it is the magnification. Let the heart be big too and you get magnanimous — big-hearted enough to let a thing go.