AMPLIFICATION
\ˌamplɪfɪkˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌamplɪfɪkˈeɪʃən], \ˌa_m_p_l_ɪ_f_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of AMPLIFICATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
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The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
By Oddity Software
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The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.
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The enlarging of a simple statement by particularity of description, the use of epithets, etc., for rhetorical effect; diffuse narrative or description, or a dilating upon all the particulars of a subject.
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The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.
By Noah Webster.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The apparent enlargement of an object when viewed through a microscope or telescope.
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The magnifying power of a microscope. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of amplifying; enlargement; - exaggerated or diffuse narration.
By Thomas Sheridan
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