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English Dictionary: amplification	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amplification n addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed" Synonym(s): amplification, elaboration the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input Synonym(s): amplification, gain (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amplification \Am`plifica"tion\, n. [L. amplificatio.] 1. The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension. 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. Exaggeration is a species of amplification. --Brande & C. I shall summarily, without any amplification at all, show in what manner defects have been supplied. --Sir J. Davies. 3. The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.