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amplification

About 3.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

elaboration gain amplified enlargement magnification amplifier increase extension enhancement amp

Often followed by

of and factor is in by or to with

Word family

amplifications

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