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Grammar : Noun
Spell : am-pluh-fi-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæm plə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən



Definition of amplification

Origin :
  • 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.
  • noun increase in size or effect
Example sentences :
  • "Because of the limit of amplification in the tubes," Arcot replied.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • We must strike some sort of balance between my brevity and your amplification.
  • Extract from : « Seen and Unseen » by E. Katharine Bates
  • It is weak in amplification of examples during an age when amplification was practiced.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes » by Richard Sherry
  • The book, then, is an amplification of the Bible book of "Daniel."
  • Extract from : « A Thousand Years of Jewish History » by Maurice H. (Maurice Henry) Harris
  • The death of the martyrs was at that time an amplification of rhetoric.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Only it should have been written there, in amplification, that there is a limit.
  • Extract from : « Local Color » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • Of this, my present memoir is little more than an amplification.
  • Extract from : « Secret History of the English Occupation of Egypt » by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
  • The whole passage is an amplification and description of the "word" of ver.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St Luke » by Henry Burton
  • Choose your C-battery for amplification and not detection and try to receive.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills
  • There is also a fourth operation which is usually performed and that is amplification.
  • Extract from : « Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son » by John Mills

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