amplification

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
noun the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
noun (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

The thought is an amplification of verse 2d of Psalm cxxvii. — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Other directions followed, but these were only amplifications of those mentioned. — With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
But here, for once, tradition has not been guilty of amplification. — Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland), George Birkbeck Norman Hill

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