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Amplification

Amplification Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Amplification? [n] (electricity) the act of increasing voltage or power or current [n] addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [n] the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input Synonyms \| Synonyms for Amplification: elaboration \| gain Related Terms \| Find terms related to Amplification: access \| accession \| accomplishment \| accretion \| accrual \| accruement \| accumulation \| addition \| adjunct \| advance \| advancement \| aggrandizement \| aggravation \| ampliation \| annoyance \| appreciation \| ascent \| augmentation \| ballooning \| ballyhoo \| big talk \| bilingual text \| bloating \| blossoming \| blowing up \| boom \| boost \| broadening \| buildup \| burlesque \| caricature \| clavis \| contentiousness \| crescendo \| crib \| decipherment \| decoding \| deepening \| deliberate aggravation \| deployment \| deterioration \| development \| developmental change \| dilatation \| dilation \| dispersion \| edema \| elaboration \| elevation \| embittering \| embitterment \| enhancement \| enlargement \| evolution \| evolutionary change \| evolvement \| evolving \| exacerbation \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| exasperation \| excess \| exorbitance \| expansion \| expatiation \| explication \| extension \| extravagance \| extreme \| faithful translation \| fanning out \| flare \| flood \| flowering \| free translation \| furtherance \| gain \| gloss \| glossary \| gradual change \| grandiloquence \| greatening \| growth \| gush \| heightening \| hike \| hiking \| huckstering \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| increase \| increment \| inflation \| inordinacy \| intensification \| interlinear \| interlinear translation \| irritation \| jump \| key \| leap \| loose translation \| magnification \| maturation \| metaphrase \| mounting \| multiplication \| natural development \| natural growth \| nonviolent change \| overemphasis \| overestimation \| overkill \| overstatement \| paraphrase \| pony \| prodigality \| productiveness \| profuseness \| progress \| progression \| proliferation \| provocation \| puffery \| puffing up \| raise \| raising \| restatement \| rewording \| ripening \| rise \| sensationalism \| sharpening \| snowballing \| souring \| splay \| spread \| spreading \| stretching \| superlative \| surge \| swelling \| tall talk \| touting \| transcription \| translation \| transliteration \| travesty \| trot \| tumescence \| unfolding \| up \| upping \| upsurge \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| waxing \| widening \| working-out \| worsening See Also \| expanding upon \| expansion \| increase \| increase \| increment \| loop gain \| step-up Amplification In Webster's Dictionary \Am`plifica"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. 2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. --Sir J. Davies. 3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

Amplification Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Amplification?

[n] (electricity) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
[n] addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed"
[n] the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

Synonyms | Synonyms for Amplification: elaboration | gain

Amplification In Webster's Dictionary

\Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.]
1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions;
   enlargement; extension.

2. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by
   particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc.,
   for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description,
   or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.

         Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande
                                               & C.

         I shall summarily, without any amplification at all,
         show in what manner defects have been supplied.
                                               --Sir J.
                                               Davies.

3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the
   subject was presented without amplifications.

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