amplification en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
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
- (countable, uncountable) The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
- (countable, uncountable) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
- (countable, uncountable) Gain.
- (countable, uncountable) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
- (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).
- (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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)