| Subject | English | German |
| opt. | linear magnification | Abbildungsmaßstab (the ratio of the distance between two points in the image plane to the distance between the corresponding two points in the object plane) |
| opt. | linear magnification | Seitenmaßstab (the ratio of the image size to the object size) |
| phys. | linear magnification | Vergrößerung |
| opt. | linear magnification | Seitenverhältnis (the ratio of linear size of an image to the size of the corresponding object) |
| astr. | linear magnification | lineare Vergrösserung |
| microel. | linear magnification change | lineare Maßstabsänderung |