Amplification

[,æmplɪfɪ'keɪʃən] or [,æmpləfə'keʃən]

Definition

(noun.) (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current.

(noun.) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; 'a few remarks added in amplification and defense'; 'an elaboration of the sketch followed'.

(noun.) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input.

Checker: Yale--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

(n.) 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.

(n.) The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

Edited by Amber

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Enlargement, extension, dilation, expansion, development.[2]. Diffuseness, prolixity, diffuse narrative, copious discourse.

Typist: Nigel

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See AMPLIFY]

Checker: Wilmer