Amplification
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Amplification may refer to:
  • The operation of an amplifier
    Amplifier
    Generally, an amplifier or simply amp, is a device for increasing the power of a signal.In popular use, the term usually describes an electronic amplifier, in which the input "signal" is usually a voltage or a current. In audio applications, amplifiers drive the loudspeakers used in PA systems to...

    , a natural or artificial device intended to make a signal stronger.
  • See also Fluidic Amplifier
    Fluidics
    Fluidics or Fluidic logic is the use of a fluid to perform analog or digital operations similar to those performed with electronics.The physical basis of fluidics is pneumatics and hydraulics, based on the theoretical foundation of fluid dynamics...

  • Amplification (rhetoric)
    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...

    , a figure of speech that adds importance to increase its rhetorical effect
  • Amplification (psychology)
    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...

     in which physical symptoms are affected by psychological state
  • Amplification (molecular biology), a mechanism leading to multiple copies of a chromosomal region within a chromosome arm
  • The DNA amplification technique of the polymerase chain reaction
    Polymerase chain reaction
    The polymerase chain reaction is a scientific technique in molecular biology to amplify a single or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence....

     (PCR) in molecular biology, a laboratory method for creating multiple copies of small segments of DNA

Amplified may refer to:
  • Amplified (Q-Tip album), an album by Q-Tip
  • Amplified (Mock Orange album), an album by Mock Orange
  • Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello, an album by Apocalyptica
  • Amplified (band)
    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. Raindrop" was used as...

    , a Hong Kong rock band popular in Japan.
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