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English

Etymology

From Latin amplific?ti?, from amplific? (“I amplify”); see amplify.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æmpl?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

amplification (countable and uncountable, plural amplifications)

1. The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
2. (physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
3. (electronics) Gain.
4. (genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
5. (organic chemistry) 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).
6. (translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

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Further reading

• amplification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin amplific?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pli.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

amplification f (plural amplifications)

1. amplification (all senses)

Related terms

• amplifier

Further reading

• “amplification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æmp.l?.fa?/
• Hyphenation: am?pli?fy

Verb

amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

4. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

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Translations

Further reading

• amplify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.