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What does amplify mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word amplify? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
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To amplify actin binding, we chose polylysine-coated polystyrene particles, which directly nucleate actin filaments from their surfaces.
A digital receiver will then be able to decode the signal and amplify it with the higher quality amplifier.
The preposterously high ceilings and dystopian CRT monitors peeking out from the walls with titillating images amplify the expensive atmosphere.
The one bit of cooperation they were unable to get was the right to amplify sound, so we watched without commentary.
In such a case, we must amplify the photocurrent to a level that can be converted to a digital signal by an analog-to-digital converter.
In one case, we inadvertently put a repeater smack in the middle of a dead zone, where it sat, uselessly hunting for a signal to amplify.

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