Amplify means to make something bigger or louder. In science, amplification is used to describe how scientists make sounds or signals bigger so that they can be more easily heard or seen.
For example, scientists use amplifiers to make the sound of a heartbeat louder so that they can listen to it more easily. They also use amplifiers to make the signal from a telescope bigger so that they can see objects in space more clearly.
The sound system amplified the music so that it could be heard throughout the stadium.
Verb: amplify, amplifies, amplified, amplifying.
Adjective: amplifying.
Noun: amplification.
Adverb: amplifyingly.
The word "amplify" comes from the Latin word amplifico, which means "to make large or great." The word amplifico is made up of the prefix ampli, which means "large," and the verb facere, which means "to make.".
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