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amplification

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

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.

The matter by which a statement is amplified; as, the subject was presented without amplifications.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series. Hermann Ebbinghaus

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night. Buddy Rich

There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. George Henry Lewes

Rock music is electronic music, dependent entirely on electronic circuitry and amplification. John Frusciante

Madness is only an amplification of what you already are. Margaret Atwood

Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner. David Tudor

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