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What does amplification mean?

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Noun
  1. The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
  2. (physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
  3. (electronics) Gain.
  4. (genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
  5. (organic chemistry) 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).
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Despite some amplification of the string sounds, there was considerable clarity of texture.
The word laser is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
I wanted to run my mixing desk in, which would have had the effect of giving my guitar some amplification.
This research illustrates microbial instability in hospital water line from point of heterotroph bacteria amplification.
We generally call the first stage the preamplifier, though it may be the only amplification stage.
All the amplification in world can't make up for a lack of soul, providing more proof that some genres just don't rock.

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