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Amplification
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amplification
n.
strengthening, reinforcement; enlarging
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Amplification
Amplification may refer to:
- The operation of an amplifier, a natural or artificial device intended to make a signal stronger.
- Amplify (distributor), a NY-based all-rights film distributor.
- Amplification (rhetoric), a figure of speech that adds importance to increase its rhetorical effect
- Amplification (psychology) in which physical symptoms are affected by psychological state
- Amplification (molecular biology), a mechanism leading to multiple copies of a chromosomal region within a chromosome arm
- The DNA amplification technique of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in molecular biology, a laboratory method for creating multiple copies of small segments of DNA
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amplification
Noun
1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed"
(synonym) elaboration
(hypernym) expansion, expanding upon
2. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
(synonym) gain
(hypernym) increase, increment
(hyponym) loop gain
3. (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
(hypernym) increase, step-up
(classification) electricity
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amplification
nf.
amplification, strengthening; magnification
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amplification
n.
zesílení; rozvedení
