amplification

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of making something larger, fuller, or more detailed.

   His brief comment needed some amplification before we understood it.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of making a sound, signal, or electrical current stronger.

   The microphone needs amplification to fill the whole hall.

Etymology tree Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin amplificātiōlbor. English amplification Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātiō.

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