Is there a single word which means “Seeing the Unseen”?
Imagine one needs special equipment or accessories (for example, a microscope, telescope, or periscope) to see something that otherwise is not seen with the naked eye. What is the act of “seeing the unseen” called?
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What you're describing is vision augmentation (or the augmentation of vision) by technological means.
The telescope and the microscope are tools for (optical) magnification; a periscope transforms the image through simultaneous magnification and reflection (which may actually also apply to telescopes and microscopes).
I don't believe that kind of transformation can be described using an equally straightforward term.