amplification

1. 1.

   addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

   “a few remarks added in amplification and defense”

   “an elaboration of the sketch followed”

   Synonymselaboration

   Broaderexpansion
2. 2.

   the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input

   Synonymsgain

   Broaderincrease

   Narrowerloop gain
3. 3.

   (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

   Broaderincrease

   electricity

Other forms of amplification

plural

amplifications·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amplification

What does amplification mean?

amplification means "addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amplification?

amplification has 5 syllables: am-pli-fi-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌæmpləfəˈkeɪʃən/.

What is another word for amplification?

Close synonyms include elaboration, gain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amplification a common word?

amplification is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with amplification?

104 words rhyme with amplification. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.