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overamplification en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English amplification English overamplification From over- + amplification.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) Excessive amplification.
    • Although there is some recorded music, the 10 musicians […] add further vitality to the program, despite bad overamplification. 2007 October 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “The Costumes, the Rifles, the Six-Foot Headdresses”, in New York Times:

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overamplifications Number=Plur lexicographic