Why are my NEF's imported to Lightroom 3 a smaller size?

Why is it that when I import NEF's to Lightroom 3 and then open them in Photoshop CS4 the the image size is 7.954 x 5.28"? But if I just drag my NEF's to a folder on the computer and open in Photoshop they are 17.067" x 11.33". I really want to edit in Lightroom but I need the largest size possible for finished photos. I have no presets selected during import. Is it possible that the size of NEF's is irrelevant to the finished Jpeg size? Thanks for your help!

A digital image (image file) does not have a size in inches (or centimeters). The displays you are seeing are misleading.
The only dimension of a digital image is its pixel dimension: so many pixels horizontal, so many vertical.
For instance: an image comes out of the camera with a pixel dimension of 3000 x 2000 pixels. That is its only dimension.
For printing an image we want a size in inches (or centimeters) which is dependant of the resolution we choose for the print.
In the above example if we choose a resolution of 300 dpi we get a print size of 10" x 6.66". But if we choose a resolution of 200 dpi we get a print size of 15" x 10".
If we would want the image to print with a resolution of 300 dpi in a print size of 24" x 16" we realize that we don't have enough pixels for that in the original image. Thus for a print size of 24" x 16" at 300 dpi we have to upsample the image to 7200 x 4800 pixels, i.e. Photoshop or Lr has to "invent" new pixel to fill in the missing ones.
But as long as your image is on the computer (or on the web) there is only the pixel dimension; a size in inches or centimeters is non-existent.
What Photoshop tells you in the image size box is the following: For the given image file and the selected resolution we would arrive at a certain print size.
Please note that Photoshop indicates the selected resolution at the bottom of the image size box. Change the resolution and uncheck <Resample image> and see how the size in inches changes.

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