Amplify vs Additive - What's the difference?
amplify | additive |
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
(rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
* Dryden
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
over addition.
(algebra) Having addition as an operator.
(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
(genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also'', ''even'', or ''nor .
As a verb amplify
is to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.As an adjective additive is
pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.As a noun additive is
a substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.amplify
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
External links
* *additive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Matrix multiplication is additive in that .
- It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
Antonyms
* subtractiveDerived terms
* additive function * additive inverse * additive identity * additive group * additive colorNoun
(en noun)- Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.
