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Amplification

The act of amplifying or enlarging in dimensions; enlargement; extension.

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Expansion 76% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

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Increment 76% connected

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

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Elaboration 92% connected

The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.

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Gain 92% connected

A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.

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Base noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

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Characteristic curve noun · 78% connection

(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

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Characteristic function noun · 78% connection

(electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters

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Clipper noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…

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Contact noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact; "they forget to solder the cont…

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Demodulation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave

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Electronic network noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Fault noun · 78% connection

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.…

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Frequency response noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a curve representing the output-to-input ratio of a transducer as a function of frequency

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Frequency-response curve noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a graph of frequency response with signal amplitude or gain plotted against frequency

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Growing noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state

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Impulse noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Limiter noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a wave…

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Modulation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; changing the carrier's amplitude or frequency or phase

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Network noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

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Pulsation noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Pulse noun · 78% connection

(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients); "the pulsations seemed to be com…

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Acromegalia noun · 78% connection

enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amplifying, enlarging, dimensions, enlargement, extension.
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Acromegaly noun · 78% connection

Chronic enlargement of the extremities and face.

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Aggrandizement noun · 78% connection

The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement; as, t…

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Ampliation noun · 78% connection

Enlargement; amplification.

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Ampliative adjective · 78% connection

Enlarging a conception by adding to that which is already known or received.

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Application noun · 78% connection

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amplifying, enlarging, dimensions, enlargement, extension.
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Auxetic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.

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Broach noun · 78% connection

A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amplifying, enlarging, dimensions, enlargement, extension.
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Cardiomegaly noun · 78% connection

an abnormal enlargement of the heart; "mild cardiomegaly is common in athletes"

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Counterbore noun · 78% connection

A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed re…

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Development noun · 78% connection

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining; "he congratulated them on their development of a plan to meet the emergency";…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: amplifying, enlarging, dimensions, enlargement, extension.
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Dilatation noun · 78% connection

The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.

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