amplification Definition

1. The act, process or result of amplifying something.

Thesaurus: addition, augmentation, increase, elaboration.
2a. Material added to a report, story, etc to expand or explain it;
2b. A story or account with details added.
3. electronics.
The magnification or the amount of magnification of a sound's loudness or the strength of an electrical current, signal, etc.
4. genetics.
The formation, either naturally or by artificial stimulation, of multiple copies of a particular gene or DNA sequence. Also called gene amplification.