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The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
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amplification
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1540s, "enlargement," from Latin amplificationem (nominative amplificatio ) "a widening, extending," noun of action from past participle stem of amplificare (see amplify ). Electronics sense is from 1915.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [syn: elaboration ] the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding 2 (context physics English) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current 3 (context electronics English) gain 4 (context genetics ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.] The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. (Rhet.) The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; ...
Usage examples of amplification.
They require a great deal of artificial amplification to be effective any distance.
As he spoke, he switched his viewing mode from light amplification to IR.
Maser Generated Fetal Amplification by Syndetic Emission of Radiation.
Standard Operational Procedure, but the tricky Maser amplification was the first ever.
There was no need for mechanical amplification of that delicate sound.
That kind of manipulation is why mechanical amplification is strictly licensed to reputable and reliable technicians.
There were, however, specifications on record as to what mechanical amplification was permitted the management of the Fact, the frequency of the programming and the nights on which public gatherings could be held and the maximum number of people permitted to gather.
He eyebrowed for amplification, but after a moment she shook her head, dismissing something for which she could find no words.
Maybe, I thought as I read this report, soldiers could wear a visor that intensified images through the reflection and amplification of available light and navigate in the darkness of a battlefield with as much confidence as if they were walking their sentry posts in broad daylight.
Where the maser was an amplification of generated microwaves, the laser was an amplification of light, and theories about how this might be accomplished were circulating widely throughout the weapons development community even before Bell Labs produced the first maser.
One of those weapons, which had a wide application potential, was the laser - light amplification through stimulated energy radiation - the device the army found in the Roswell spacecraft and would later develop as a weapon in cooperation with Hughes Aircraft.
I believed it was through the application and amplification of low frequency brain waves that the EBEs navigated the craft that we found at Roswell, our implementation of this technology might enable us also to use our brains to control the flight of objects.
Extreme amplification has occurred in Monet, and the sign of it is the black vomit.
Since Ebola virus is highly infective and since as few as five or ten particles of the virus in a blood-borne contact can start an extreme amplification in a new host, there would have been excellent opportunity for the agent to spread.
And then the agent had gone on a tremendous amplification all over the planet, and it was still expanding its burn, with no end in sight.