Crossword clues for amplification
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.]
The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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(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. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
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.
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 English) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA 5 (context organic chemistry English) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)
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 ratio of output to input [syn: gain]
(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
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 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
Amplified may refer to:
- Amplified (Q-Tip album), an album by Q-Tip
- Amplified (Mock Orange album), an album by Mock Orange
- Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello, an album by Apocalyptica
- Amplified (band), a Hong Kong rock band popular in Japan.
- REDIRECT Rhetorical operations
Amplification is used to describe a judged tendency of a person to amplify physical symptoms based on psychological factors such as anxiety or depression. Distinct interpretations of this type of presentation could be sensory processing disorder involving differences in the way a person reacts to sensory input which is regarded as a pervasive developmental disorder related to the autism spectrum; or there is an alternative psychological concept of 'innate sensitiveness' as a personality trait coined by Carl Jung later developed into the highly sensitive person trait. In one instance where amplification is used as a handle or point of reference or diagnosis it is said "somatosensory amplification refers to the tendency to experience somatic sensation as intense, noxious, and disturbing. What may be a minor 'twinge' or mild 'soreness' to the stoic, is a severe, consuming pain to the amplifier."
Psychological state has been documented to affect the course of upper respiratory tract infection, post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome, and musculoskeletal pain.
Amplification is not recognized by the American Psychiatric Association.
The somatosensory amplification scale (SAS) has been validated to measure amplification. The scale contains four items measured with a five-item Likert scale:
- Sudden loud noises really disturb me
- I'm very uncomfortable when I'm in a place that is too hot or too cold
- I can't stand pain as well as most people can
- I find I'm often aware of various things happening in my body
- I'm quick to sense the hunger contractions in my stomach
Amplification is related to alexithymia. Amplification may also contribute to multiple-drug intolerance (if the adverse effects that are reported are non-specific). It is unclear whether amplification is related to observations that Type A personality trait may be associated with delayed recovery after organic illness.
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.