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amplification 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"
  2. the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
  3. (amplify) magnify: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
  4. (amplify) overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
  5. (amplify) inflate: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
  6. (amplify) increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
  7. Gene duplication (or chromosomal duplication or gene amplification) is any duplication of a region of DNA that contains a gene; it may occur as an error in homologous recombination, a retrotransposition event, or duplication of an entire chromosome. ...
  8. Amplification is to amplify physical symptoms based on psychological factors such as anxiety or depression: "somatosensory amplification refers to the tendency to experience somatic sensation as intense, noxious, and disturbing. ...
  9. In rhetoric, amplification refers to the act and the means of extending thoughts or statements to increase rhetorical effect, to add importance, or to make the most of a thought or circumstance. ...
  10. (Amplified (band)) Amplified is a rock band consisting of three young boys from Hong Kong. While from Hong Kong, they are primarily known in Japan. They were discovered through Sony Music Japan's International Audition, and signed to the Sony subsidiary DefSTAR Records. Their debut single, "Mr. ...
  11. (Amplified (Mock Orange album)) Amplified is Mock Orange's fifth album, released in Japan in September 2000 through EMI. It consisted of 5 songs each from 2 of their albums The Record Play and Nines & Sixes
  12. (Amplified (Q-Tip album)) Amplified is the debut solo album of hip hop artist Q-Tip, released November 23, 1999 on Arista Records. The album was recorded after the dissolution of Q-Tip's former group, A Tribe Called Quest. ...
  13. the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding to; the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current; gain; using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA; A ...
  14. (amplify) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of; To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current
  15. (Amplifications) (or gene duplications) leading to multiple copies of chromosomal regions, increasing the dosage of the genes located within them.
  16. (Amplified) A gene that is more highly expressed than others. For example, the ERBB2 gene is frequently amplified in breast tumors.
  17. (Amplify) To increase the strength of the signal. Often an "amplifier" is used to pass a signal with both an increase or a decrease in gain.
  18. (Amplify) This ability is written Amplify X. As a creature with amplify enters the battlefield, its controller may reveal any number of creature cards in his or her hand that share a creature type with the creature. ...
  19. (AMPLIFY) A system component or process that increases the magnitude of fluctuations or changes of a system variable. See DAMP.
  20. (Amplify) To increase the inherent loudness of a sound. This differs from volume control in that you are actually changing the file when you Amplify. Many digital audio editors, such as Industrial Audio Software's ePodcast Producer, offer this effect.
  21. (Amplify) To make a sound louder. (TG, SS)
  22. (Amplify) When a relatively small action has a large effect it is said to be "amplified".
  23. (amplify) make larger, greater, or stronger
  24. An increase in the number of copies of a specific DNA fragment; can be in vivo or in vitro. See cloning, polymerase chain reaction.
  25. a method for increasing the amplitude (or loudness) of electrical signals