amplifier
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈæmplɪfaɪər/
- Specialized
:
amplificador
- The technician adjusted the amplifier settings to improve the audio quality during the broadcast.
- amplifier saturation
- erbium amplifier
- fiber amplifier
What do your critics say about your amplifiers and your brand?
- What do your critics say about your amplifiers and your brand?
- It's so to me, it's a wonderful amplifier for creating these in between type sounds.
- The thing is, it does actually come with the amp, which, wow, that's quite the amplifier.
- It draws small input current and outputs massive current like in audio amplifiers and such.
Examples
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Students' keyboards can also be connected to a large amplifier to produce better sound quality.
Academic text (1993) -
The gain of the hearing aid amplifier is still 32 dB.
Academic text (1990) -
We will have to use an amplifier.
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I have a little voltage amplifier here like this.
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The output of the amplifier or meter is fed to the oscilloscope.
Academic text (1993) -
Cradled gently in his hands was a box about the size of a small stereo amplifier.
Fiction book (1998) -
In my classroom, I have a reasonably priced combination public address system/keyboard amplifier that takes three 1/4" phone plugs.
Academic text (1993) -
To enjoy the music at the concert, you need a powerful amplifier to boost the sound.
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He connected his guitar to an amplifier to make sure everyone could hear his performance.
Synonyms
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4.4
A device that makes a weak signal stronger
1
6.3
A device that makes weak sound signals stronger before the main amplifier
1
5.6
A device that makes weak electrical signals stronger before they go to the main amplifier
1
9.9
An early vacuum tube that makes weak radio signals stronger
An electronic device that makes a signal stronger so it reaches farther
A device that makes sound stronger so speakers make it louder
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
9.0
A device that makes an electrical signal weaker without changing its shape
Compounds
- Specialized
An electronic device that makes a signal stronger so it reaches farther
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Amplifier comes from the Latin root ampl- meaning 'large', with -fy meaning 'make' and -er meaning 'one that does', the same root you see in ample and amplify. So an amplifier is literally a device that 'makes larger', and in sound or radio it makes the signal stronger and louder.