Amplifier

Noun

 * 1) Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
 * 2)  An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 An amp; a particular type of speaker used in live performances.

Derived terms

 * power amplifier
 * tube amplifier
 * valve amplifier

Related terms

 * amplifying glass
 * ample
 * amplifiable
 * amplification


 * amplificatory
 * amplify
 * amplitude

Thesaurus
attenuator; audio-frequency tube; ballast regulator; ballast tube; beam-switching tube; convertor; current regulator; damper; detector; discriminator; doubler; ear trumpet; electronic hearing aid; focus tube; generator; hard-of-hearing aid; hearing aid; iconoscope; inverter; limiter; local-oscillator tube; megaphone; mixer tube; modulator; multiplier; multipurpose tube; multivibrator; oscillator; output tube; phase inverter; picture tube; power tube; preamp; preamplifier; pulse generator; radio-frequency tube; receiving tube; rectifier tube; regulator; repeater; speaking trumpet; stethoscope; transducer; transistor hearing aid; trigger tube; vacuum-tube hearing aid

Translations

 * Bulgarian: усилвател
 * Danish: forstærker
 * Finnish: vahvistin, suurentaja, laajentaja, selittäjä,


 * Russian: усилитель
 * Spanish: amplificador, amplificadora


 * Bulgarian: усилвател
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (zōfukuki), アンプ (anpu)
 * Russian: усилитель
 * Spanish: amplificador

Verb

 * 1) To amplify

Related terms

 * amplificateur