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1. Amplification
   [psychology] 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. What may be a minor `twinge` or mild `soreness` to...
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2. Amplification
   [rhetoric] 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. While amplification can refer to exaggeration — or stylistic vices (figures of exces...
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3. Amplification
   An increase in the copy number of plasmid in a bacterial cell or culture.
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4. amplification
   [n] - the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input 2. [n] - addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail 3. [n] - (electricity) the act of increasing voltage or power or current
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5. Amplification
   An increasing of signal strength.
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6. Amplification
   ElectronicsAmplifiers are used to provide a number of functions:Increase or attenuate magnitude of a physical quantity.Transform signals from one physical variable to another (e.g. charge tovoltage).Remove DC biases.Provide impedance matching. Care should be taken to ensure:Linearity.Satisfactory fr...
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7. Amplification
   The application of an amplifier.
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8. Amplification
   Amplification: Making multiple copies of a gene or of any sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. In amplification there is an increase in the number of copies of any particular piece of DNA. Gene amplification plays a role in cancer cells. A tumor cell amplifies, or copies, DNA segment...
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9. amplification
   the ratio between the output signal variations and the control signal variations(for analogue devices only) Category: Physics • the increase in magnitude of an electrical signal in transmission from one point to another Category: Electrical engineering and energy • excess Na ...
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10. Amplification
    Am`pli·fi·ca'tion noun [ Latin 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 epithet...
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11. amplification
    <molecular biology> An increase in the number of copies of a specific DNA fragment, can be in vivo or in vitro. ... See: cloning, polymerase chain reaction. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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12. amplification
    noun the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
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13. amplification
    (am″plĭ-fĭ-ka´shәn) the act or result of increasing in number, size, power, or other variable, such as the increase of an auditory or visual stimulus as a means of improving its perception. DNA amplification an in vitro nucleic acid amplification technique in w...
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14. Amplification
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extensi...
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15. amplification
    (from the article `cancer`) Gene amplification is another type of chromosomal abnormality exhibited by some human tumours. It involves an increase in the number of copies of a ... ...disrupting the delicate balance of the mechanisms of cell growth. Many leukemias and lymphomas are caused by translocations of proto-oncogenes. ... ...t...
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16. amplification
    (from the article `distortion`) in acoustics and electronics, any change in a signal that alters the basic waveform or the relationship between various frequency components; it is ... ...major vocal attribute, depends primarily on the amplitude of vocal cord vibrations and thus on the pressure of the subglottic airstream. The ... Ame...
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17. amplification
    An increase in the number of copies of a specific DNA fragment; can be in vivo or in vitro. See cloning, polymerase chain reaction.
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18. amplification
    rhetorical figures of speech that repeat and vary the expression of a thought.
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19. Amplification
    An increase in the number of copies of a specific DNA fragment; can be in vivo or in vitro.
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20. amplification
    Type: Term Pronunciation: am′pli-fi-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The process of making larger, as in increasing an acoustic or visual stimulus to enhance its perception.
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21. amplification
    amplification. Most earthquakes are relatively small, in fact, so small that no one feels them. In order for seismologists to see the recording of the movement of the ground from the smaller earthquakes, the recording has to be made larger. It's like looking at the recording through a magnifying glass.
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22. Amplification
    An increase in the number of copies of a specific DNA fragment; can be in vivo or in vitro.
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