amplification
Making something louder
Amplification is the act of making something larger, stronger, or more powerful.
In electronics, it means increasing the strength of a signal: The amp provides amplification for the guitar.
In rhetoric, amplification expands on a point through elaboration or repetition for emphasis.
DNA amplification creates multiple copies of genetic material.
More generally, to seek amplification is to seek greater detail or explanation: His comments require amplification.
Upward push or increase
- gainPositive return received
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
rise · growth · increment · elevation · multiplication · augmentation · enlargement · intensification
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- inflationSustained price level increase
distortion · sensationalism · overemphasis · puffery · aggrandizement · stretching · magnifying · overblowing
Perceived sound intensity
wattage · distortion · feedback · microphone · preamp · stereo · soundwave · bass
Point of greatest intensity
- emphasisStress given to something
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- enumerationSequential listing of items
- parallelismMatching structural elements
repetition · anaphora · accumulation · gradation · intensifier · understatement · meiosis · bombast
Semiconductor signal switch
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- currentDirected flow of charge
frequency · bandwidth · oscillation · semiconductor · diode · waveform · modulation · receiver
DNA amplification technique
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- polymeraseNucleic acid synthesis enzyme
- primerPreparatory coat or guide
nucleotide · sequencing · clone · gene · plasmid · cycle · template · enzyme
boost
Upward push or increase
- gainPositive return received
- magnificationDegree of visual enlargement
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
surge · rise · growth · increment · elevation · multiplication · augmentation · enlargement · intensification · enhancement
hyperbole
Rhetorical extreme exaggeration
- overstatementClaim beyond the facts
- embellishmentDecorative addition or exaggeration
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
inflation · distortion · sensationalism · overemphasis · puffery · aggrandizement · stretching · magnifying · overblowing · elaboration
loudness
Perceived sound intensity
speaker · wattage · distortion · feedback · microphone · preamp · stereo · soundwave · bass · treble
climax
Point of greatest intensity
- emphasisStress given to something
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- enumerationSequential listing of items
parallelism · repetition · anaphora · accumulation · gradation · intensifier · understatement · meiosis · bombast · oratory
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
current · frequency · bandwidth · oscillation · semiconductor · diode · waveform · modulation · receiver · transmitter
PCR
DNA amplification technique
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- polymeraseNucleic acid synthesis enzyme
primer · nucleotide · sequencing · clone · gene · plasmid · cycle · template · enzyme · strand
- Transcriptomicsgene expression, normalization, fragmentation, trimming, mapping
- gene duplication
- hearingear, cochlea, hearing loss, deaf, hearing test
- elaborationclarification, expansion, detail, explanation, explication
- exaggerationhyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, magnification, embellishment
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
amplificationattenuation
Gradual intensity reduction
dampening · reduction · weakening · suppression · muffling
amplificationcondensation
Vapor turning to liquid
abridgment · abbreviation · compression · shortening · contraction
amplificationreduction
Making something smaller
diminution · decrease · lessening · minimization · shrinkage
- sound amplificationIncreasing volume electronically