amplification

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AirCurve's waveguide has been mathematically engineered to deliver amazing amplification -- you'll swear there are full-sized speakers in there.

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  1. noun The act or result of amplifying, enlarging, or extending.
  2. noun An addition to or expansion of a statement or idea.
  3. noun A statement with such an addition.

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  • But without the media's amplification, their empty rhetoric won't reach beyond the far right echo chamber to snare the voting blocks they need in order to have a prayer of winning. —  Battlepanda
  • AirCurve's waveguide has been mathematically engineered to deliver amazing amplification -- you'll swear there are full-sized speakers in there. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets
  • However, a study by scientists from the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in Colorado has found that amplification is already showing up as a marked increase in surface air temperatures within the Arctic region during the autumn period, when the sea ice begins to reform after the summer melting period. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Polar amplification is the reason why climate change is warming the Arctic far faster than anywhere else. —  Global Issues News Headlines
  • The most basic and most important idea is that the softest things on stage need the most amplification, and that usually means the vocals highest in the mix. —  hypebot
 

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  1. from Latin amplificatio(n-), from amplificare, past participle amplificatus, amplify: see amplify.
 

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/æmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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