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Word: amplification (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • electronics gain
  • genetics using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA
  • organic chemistry A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)
  • physics the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current
  • the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding to

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