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Precision vs Amplification - What's the difference?

precision | amplification |

As nouns the difference between precision and amplification

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

precision

Noun

  • The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
  • The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
  • (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Used for exact or precise measurement.
  • Made, or characterized by accuracy.
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    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)