| 单词 | amplification |
| 释义 | amplification /am'pleuh fi kay"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of amplifying or the state of being amplified. 2. expansion of a statement, narrative, etc., as for rhetorical purposes: In the revision, the story underwent considerable amplification. 3. a statement, narrative, etc., so expanded: The text of the second edition was an amplification. 4. the matter or substance used to expand an idea, statement, or the like: He added an extra paragraph to his speech as an amplification. 5. Elect. increase in the strength of current, voltage, or power. 6. Genetics. See gene amplification. [1540-50; < L amplification- (s. of amplificatio). See AMPLE, -I-, -FICATION] |
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