Suurendamist

Suurendamist is an Estonian noun form that denotes the act or process of enlarging or augmenting something. It is the partitive/genitive singular form of the noun suurendamine, which describes making things larger in size, capacity, or extent. The term is used across different domains to refer to the action of increasing scale or magnitude.

In usage, suurendamist appears in phrases where the emphasis is on the process of enlargement rather than the result. It can describe tangible enlargement, such as increasing physical dimensions, or more abstract increases, such as enlarging capacity or scope. The concept is common in both everyday language and technical contexts.

Applications and contexts

In science and technology, suurendamist is connected to magnification and imaging. For example, the enlargement or magnification of a microscope image is described with related terms in Estonian, often specifying the level of enlargement needed for observation.

In medicine and cosmetic surgery, suurendamist is used to refer to augmentation procedures that increase size or volume, such as breast enlargement (rinna suurendamist) or other soft-tissue augmentations. In physiology, enlargement of tissues or organs due to growth is discussed under related terms like hypertrophy, which describes natural tissue enlargement.

In photography, printing, and display technologies, suurendamist can refer to enlarging images for printing or viewing, though täpsemad terms like suurendamine or suurenduse tehnika are also used.

See also: suurendamine, magnification, augmentation, hypertrophy.