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amplification

US/ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,176 of 15,258mostly written

Other forms: amplifications

Amplification is the making of a sound or a signal stronger. Sound amplification, without amplification, amplification of the message.

In an orchestra hall none is used, since the room does the work, and a concert without amplification is the test of a building. Online, amplification means a message reaching far more people than it started with, which is what a share does.

Definitions of amplification

  1. 1nounamplificationThe making of a sound or a signal stronger.C1

    “The singer's voice was so strong that she needed no amplification in the small hall.”

amplification is a strengthening.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    amplificātiō

  2. English, today

    amplification

Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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amplification in the wild

  • The amount of amplification provided by an amplifier is measured by its gain: the ratio of output voltage, current, or power to input.

    Amplifier

  • The word laser originated as an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

    Laser

  • The term is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

    Maser

  • A piece of DNA or RNA that is the source and/or product of either natural or artificial amplification or replication events is called an amplicon.

    Gene amplification

  • Arctic amplification is polar amplification of the Earth's North Pole only; Antarctic amplification is that of the South Pole.

    Polar amplification

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.