プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ばいりつ【倍率】
1 〔レンズの拡大率〕magnification; magnifying power
- 倍率10のレンズ
a lens with a magnifying power of 10 - 倍率の高い［低い］双眼鏡
high- [low-] powered binoculars - 倍率を上げる［下げる］
raise [lower] the power ((of a telescope))
2 〔競争率〕
- この高校は倍率が高い［低い］
「There is a great deal of [There is not much] competition to enter this high school.