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amplification en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin amplificō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin amplificātiōlbor. English amplification Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātiō.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Gain.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
  5. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

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amplifications Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

microamplification · reamplification · amplificational · misamplification · nonamplification · overamplification · chirped-pulse amplification · coamplification · preamplification · postamplification · somatosensory amplification · underamplification · Raman amplification · bioamplification · autoamplification · amplimer

Relateds

amplify · amplifiable · amplificatory · amplifier · amplitude · ample

Translations (79)

bg усилване (in physics) · es amplificación (result of amplifying) · pl amplifikacja (in translation studies) · pl amplifikacja (result of amplifying) · da forstærkning (in electronics) · es amplificación (in physics) · sh amplifikácija (in physics) · az amplifikasiya (in translation studies) · ro amplificare (result of amplifying) · da forstærkning (in physics) · gl amplificación (in physics) · pl wzmocnienie (result of amplifying) · nb forsterkning (in electronics) · fi vahvistuminen (result of amplifying) · nl versterking (in electronics) · sh amplifikácija (in electronics) · gl amplificación (result of amplifying) · ru увеличе́ние (result of amplifying) · ga aimpliú (in electronics) · ru расшире́ние (result of amplifying) · ru усиле́ние (in electronics) · nl versterking (in physics) · ro amplificare (in electronics) · pt amplificação (in electronics) · ga aimpliúchán (in physics) · es amplificación (in electronics) · de Verstärkung (result of amplifying) · sh amplifikácija (result of amplifying) · tl amplipikasyon (result of amplifying) · nl amplificatie (in organic chemistry) · bg усилване (in electronics) · sh pojačánje (result of amplifying) · pt amplificação (in genetics) · fr amplification (in genetics) · ga aimpliú (in physics) · tl pag-aamplipika (result of amplifying) · da forstærkning (in genetics) · gl amplificación (in electronics) · ro amplificare (in physics) · de Vergrößerung (result of amplifying) · bg увеличаване (result of amplifying) · da forstærkning (result of amplifying) · pl nasilenie (result of amplifying) · nl amplificatie (in genetics) · nn forsterkning (in electronics) · ru подъём (result of amplifying) · fi laajentaminen (in translation studies) · nl uitbreiding (in translation studies) · sh амплифика́ција (result of amplifying) · pt amplificação (in physics) · fi monistaminen (in genetics) · ja 増幅 (in electronics) · ca amplificació (result of amplifying) · ga aimpliú (in genetics) · id amplifikasi (result of amplifying) · pl amplifikacja (in genetics) · sh амплифика́ција (in physics) · es amplificación (in genetics) · sh амплифика́ција (in electronics) · nl aanvulling (in translation studies) · ru усиле́ние (in physics) · pt amplificação (result of amplifying) · ca amplificació (in genetics) · bg уголемяване (result of amplifying) · ga aimpliúchán (in electronics) · de Verstärkung (in electronics) · nl versterking (result of amplifying) · fi amplifikaatio (in organic chemistry) · it amplificazione (in genetics) · fi vahvistuminen (in physics) · nl vergroting (result of amplifying) · fi vahvistaminen (in physics) · sh појача́ње (result of amplifying) · ca amplificació (in physics) · ru приро́ст (result of amplifying) · fi vahvistaminen (in electronics) · de Verstärkung (in physics) · ga aimpliúchán (in genetics) · ca amplificació (in electronics)