amplification Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
    elaboration.
    • a few remarks added in amplification and defense
    • an elaboration of the sketch followed
  2. noun the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
    gain.
  3. noun (electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current

WordNet

Am`pli*fi*ca"tion noun
Etymology
L. amplificatio.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913