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Amplification vs Overamplification - What's the difference?

amplification | overamplification |

As nouns the difference between amplification and overamplification

is that amplification is the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding while overamplification is excessive amplification.

amplification

English

(wikipedia amplification)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding
  • (physics) the act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current
  • (electronics) gain
  • (genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA
  • (organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants)

    • Related terms

    * ample * amplifiable * amplifier * amplificatory * amplify * amplitude

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    overamplification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mostly, music) Excessive amplification.
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