Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amplification"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Amplification \Am`pli*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. 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 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

amplification
n 1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying
detail: "a few remarks added in amplification and
defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [syn: {elaboration}]
2: the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current
expressed as the ratio of output to input [syn: {gain}]
3: (electricity) the act of increasing voltage or power or
current

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