amplification

Noun
Synonyms: elaborationgain

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail“a few remarks added in amplification and defense”“an elaboration of the sketch followed”Synonyms: elaboration
  2. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to inputSynonyms: gain
  3. (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.]

1.The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. [1913 Webster]

2.(Rhet.) 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. [1913 Webster]

Exaggeration is a species of amplification.— Brande & C.[1913 Webster]
I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied.— Sir J. Davies.[1913 Webster]

3.The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications. [1913 Webster]

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