'amplification' definitions:
Definition of 'amplification'
From: WordNet
noun
Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed" [syn: amplification, elaboration]
noun
The amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: amplification, gain]
noun
(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
Synonyms of 'amplification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- access,
- accession,
- accomplishment,
- accretion,
- accrual,
- accruement,
- accumulation,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advancement,
- aggrandizement,
- aggravation,
- ampliation,
- annoyance,
- appreciation,
- ascent,
- augmentation,
- ballooning,
- ballyhoo,
- big talk,
- bilingual text,
- bloating,
- blossoming,
- blowing up,
- boom,
- boost,
- broadening,
- buildup,
- burlesque,
- caricature,
- clavis,
- contentiousness,
- crescendo,
- crib,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- deepening,
- deliberate aggravation,
- deployment,
- deterioration,
- development,
- developmental change,
- dilatation,
- dilation,
- dispersion,
- edema,
- elaboration,
- elevation,
- embittering,
- embitterment,
- enhancement,
- enlargement,
- evolution,
- evolutionary change,
- evolvement,
- evolving,
- exacerbation,
- exaggerating,
- exaggeration,
- exasperation,
- excess,
- exorbitance,
- expansion,
- expatiation,
- explication,
- extension,
- extravagance,
- extreme,
- faithful translation,
- fanning out,
- flare,
- flood,
- flowering,
- free translation,
- furtherance,
- gain,
- gloss,
- glossary,
- gradual change,
- grandiloquence,
- greatening,
- growth,
- gush,
- heightening,
- hike,
- hiking,
- huckstering,
- hyperbole,
- hyperbolism,
- increase,
- increment,
- inflation,
- inordinacy,
- intensification,
- interlinear,
- interlinear translation,
- irritation,
- jump,
- key,
- leap,
- loose translation,
- magnification,
- maturation,
- metaphrase,
- mounting,
- multiplication,
- natural development,
- natural growth,
- nonviolent change,
- overemphasis,
- overestimation,
- overkill,
- overstatement,
- paraphrase,
- pony,
- prodigality,
- productiveness,
- profuseness,
- progress,
- progression,
- proliferation,
- provocation,
- puffery,
- puffing up,
- raise,
- raising,
- restatement,
- rewording,
- ripening,
- rise,
- sensationalism,
- sharpening,
- snowballing,
- souring,
- splay,
- spread,
- spreading,
- stretching,
- superlative,
- surge,
- swelling,
- tall talk,
- touting,
- transcription,
- translation,
- transliteration,
- travesty,
- trot,
- tumescence,
- unfolding,
- up,
- upping,
- upsurge,
- upswing,
- uptrend,
- upturn,
- waxing,
- widening,
- working-out,
- worsening