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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
amplify/ˈamplɪfʌɪ/
▶verb (amplifies, amplifying, amplified)
- 1 increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.
■ increase the amplitude of (an electrical signal or other oscillation).
- 2 make (a statement) more detailed.
- 3 make more marked or intense.
- 4 Genetics make multiple copies of (a gene or DNA sequence).
– derivatives
amplification noun.
amplification noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. amplifier, from L. amplificare, from amplus ‘large, abundant’.
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