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n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.

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	n.) ~~The degree~~ to ~~which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies~~; ~~in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object~~; ~~sometimes, in microscopes~~, ~~the number~~ of ~~times it multiplies the apparent surface~~.		n.) Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.