amplification

amplification

English

Etymology

From Latin amplificātiō, from amplificō (“I amplify”); see amplify.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

amplification (countable and uncountable, plural amplifications)

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).
6. (translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Derived terms

• autoamplification
• bioamplification
• coamplification
• misamplification
• nonamplification
• overamplification
• postamplification
• preamplification
• Raman amplification
• reamplification
• somatosensory amplification

 

Related terms

• ample
• amplifiable
• amplificatory
• amplifier
• amplify
• amplitude

 

Translations

result of amplifying

Bulgarian: увеличаване (bg) (uveličavane), уголемяване (bg) (ugolemjavane) Catalan: amplificació f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: forstærkning c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vahvistuminen Galician: amplificación (gl) f German: Verstärkung (de) f (intensity); Vergrößerung (de) f (enlarging) Indonesian: amplifikasi (id) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Polish: amplifikacja f, nasilenie (pl) n, wzmocnienie (pl) n Portuguese: amplificação (pt) f Romanian: amplificare (ro) f Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n (uveličénije), подъём (ru) m (podʺjóm), приро́ст (ru) m (priróst), расшире́ние (ru) n (rasširénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: амплифика́ција f, појача́ње n Roman: amplifikácija (sh) f, pojačánje (sh) n Spanish: amplificación f Thai: please add this translation if you can

in physics

Bulgarian: усилване (bg) (usilvane) Catalan: amplificació f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: forstærkning c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi) (act), vahvistuminen (result) Galician: amplificación (gl) f German: Verstärkung (de) f Irish: aimpliú m, aimpliúchán m Portuguese: amplificação (pt) f Romanian: amplificare (ro) f Russian: усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: амплифика́ција f Roman: amplifikácija (sh) f Spanish: amplificación f

in electronics

Bulgarian: усилване (bg) (usilvane) Catalan: amplificació f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: forstærkning c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi) Galician: amplificación (gl) f German: Verstärkung (de) f Irish: aimpliú m, aimpliúchán m Japanese: 増幅 (ja) (ぞうふく, zōfuku) Norwegian: Bokmål: forsterkning m or f Nynorsk: forsterkning f Portuguese: amplificação (pt) f Romanian: amplificare (ro) f Russian: усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: амплифика́ција f Roman: amplifikácija (sh) f Spanish: amplificación f

in genetics

Catalan: amplificació f Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: forstærkning c Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: monistaminen (fi) French: amplification (fr) f Irish: aimpliú m, aimpliúchán m Italian: amplificazione (it) f Polish: amplifikacja f Portuguese: amplificação (pt) f Spanish: amplificación f

in organic chemistry

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: amplifikaatio

in translation studies

Azerbaijani: amplifikasiya Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: laajentaminen (fi) Polish: amplifikacja f

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: (please verify) amplificatie (nl) f German: (please verify) Amplificatio, (please verify) Amplifikation (de) f Russian: (please verify) амплифика́ция (ru) f (amplifikácija)

Further reading

• amplification in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• amplification in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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French

Etymology

From Latin amplificātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.pli.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

amplification f (plural amplifications)

1. amplification (all senses)

Related terms

• amplifier

Further reading

• “amplification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.