Amplifier
/ˈæmplɪfaɪər/noun
A device that increases the power of a signal such as sound, light, or electrical power.
The guitarist connected his instrument to the amplifier to make his music louder.
Often appears as...
- audio amplifier
- power amplifier
noun
A person or thing that enhances or intensifies a situation or effect.
His supportive attitude was an amplifier of our progress in the project.
Often appears as...
- amplifier of emotions
- amplifier of success
noun
In computing, a device or software that amplifies or increases the magnitude of a digital signal.
The data signal was too weak, so we used an amplifier to boost it.
Often appears as...
- signal amplifier
- data amplifier
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A device that increases the power of a signal such as sound, light, or electrical power.
The guitarist connected his instrument to the amplifier to make his music louder.
Often appears as...
- audio amplifier
- power amplifier
noun
A person or thing that enhances or intensifies a situation or effect.
His supportive attitude was an amplifier of our progress in the project.
Often appears as...
- amplifier of emotions
- amplifier of success
noun
In computing, a device or software that amplifies or increases the magnitude of a digital signal.
The data signal was too weak, so we used an amplifier to boost it.
Often appears as...
- signal amplifier
- data amplifier
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Electrical Device
Refers to physical equipment used to boost audio and electronic signals.
The concert hall installed a new amplifier for better sound quality.
Pro Tip 2/3Volume Control
Primarily used to increase volume in various audio devices like speakers or musical instruments.
Turn up the amplifier to hear the bass guitar clearly.
Pro Tip 3/3Requires Power
An amplifier needs an external power source to function, unlike acoustic instruments.
Make sure the amplifier is plugged in before the performance.
Compare with
boostreceiverspeakertransistor
Never forget "Amplifier"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
We could probably hear it, if we tune in." So they ask around to a couple of their colleagues, and everybody's like, "No, I hadn't thought of doing that. That's an interesting idea." And it turns out Weiffenbach is kind of an expert in microwave reception, and he's got a little antenna set up with an amplifier in his office. So Guier and Weiffenbach go back to Weiffenbach's office,
Video examples
How whales breathe,...
which is making these series of pulses, and it uses it like a bat uses sonar. Well, a bat uses radar, but when it's underwater it's sonar, so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound. Trying to understand how this works, you have to look at it as if you were looking at the amplifier speakers of a sound system.
Video examples
A call to invention: DIY...
you can do something bad to your amplifier. And then once that's done, I'm going to glue it all together so it's nice and tight. Now I don't nearly have 150 coils there so I made one in advance and I'm going to use that one. So where is it? Here it is. What I'm going to do is simply hot glue it
Video examples
Will Wright: Spore,...
Now, really, in some sense, I want the players to be building this world in their imagination, and then extracting it from them with the least amount of pain. So that's kind of what these tools are about. How do we make the gameplay, you know, basically the player's imagination amplifier?
Video examples
How digital innovation...
actually strengthens our democracy, so that people feel, truly, that everybody can think of something that improves the welfare of not just Taiwan, but pretty much everybody else in the world. And so, my point here is that the great amplifier comes if no matter you want it or not,
Video examples
How to tame your...
and confirm that the participants were actually doing what we said. Our hypotheses about attention were as if attention is indeed doing its job and affecting perception, maybe it works like an amplifier. And what I mean by this is that when we direct attention to the face,
Video examples
Pitch Perfect PIPE National...
i'm about to show three passes by a pitch perfect experiment okay like two minutes of your time what's that speaker to speaker yes well done it goes into a little amplifier there which boosts the sound coming from my phone okay right
Video examples
Howler Monkeys PIPE...
hyoid bone in their throats that serves as a kind of amplifier plus their semi saggy throat pouches further amplify their orations why do they howl like this only the male's how they probably do it to let other howlers know where
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
So this is what the supermarket is like. And then you go to the consumer electronics store to set up a stereo system -- speakers, CD player, tape player, tuner, amplifier -- and in this one single consumer electronics store,
Video examples
The Blind Assassin of...
instead it has superb hearing its entire head acts as an amplifier that picks up vibrations through the sand so to locate prey on the surface of the dune
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
We could probably hear it, if we tune in." So they ask around to a couple of their colleagues, and everybody's like, "No, I hadn't thought of doing that. That's an interesting idea." And it turns out Weiffenbach is kind of an expert in microwave reception, and he's got a little antenna set up with an amplifier in his office. So Guier and Weiffenbach go back to Weiffenbach's office,
Video examples
How whales breathe,...
which is making these series of pulses, and it uses it like a bat uses sonar. Well, a bat uses radar, but when it's underwater it's sonar, so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound. Trying to understand how this works, you have to look at it as if you were looking at the amplifier speakers of a sound system.
Video examples
A call to invention: DIY...
you can do something bad to your amplifier. And then once that's done, I'm going to glue it all together so it's nice and tight. Now I don't nearly have 150 coils there so I made one in advance and I'm going to use that one. So where is it? Here it is. What I'm going to do is simply hot glue it
Video examples
Will Wright: Spore,...
Now, really, in some sense, I want the players to be building this world in their imagination, and then extracting it from them with the least amount of pain. So that's kind of what these tools are about. How do we make the gameplay, you know, basically the player's imagination amplifier?
Video examples
How digital innovation...
actually strengthens our democracy, so that people feel, truly, that everybody can think of something that improves the welfare of not just Taiwan, but pretty much everybody else in the world. And so, my point here is that the great amplifier comes if no matter you want it or not,
Video examples
How to tame your...
and confirm that the participants were actually doing what we said. Our hypotheses about attention were as if attention is indeed doing its job and affecting perception, maybe it works like an amplifier. And what I mean by this is that when we direct attention to the face,
Video examples
Pitch Perfect PIPE National...
i'm about to show three passes by a pitch perfect experiment okay like two minutes of your time what's that speaker to speaker yes well done it goes into a little amplifier there which boosts the sound coming from my phone okay right
Video examples
Howler Monkeys PIPE...
hyoid bone in their throats that serves as a kind of amplifier plus their semi saggy throat pouches further amplify their orations why do they howl like this only the male's how they probably do it to let other howlers know where
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
So this is what the supermarket is like. And then you go to the consumer electronics store to set up a stereo system -- speakers, CD player, tape player, tuner, amplifier -- and in this one single consumer electronics store,
Video examples
The Blind Assassin of...
instead it has superb hearing its entire head acts as an amplifier that picks up vibrations through the sand so to locate prey on the surface of the dune
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Buddy Guy
American Musician
Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.
Quote examples
Dick Dale
American Musician
When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe the sound. I said, 'See, gentlemen, the world is no longer flat.
Quote examples
Tariq Ramadan
Swiss Writer
The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.
Quote examples
Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
I'm so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it's different, but I still have an amp and a whole bunch of pedals.
Quote examples
Michael Schenker
German Musician
In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.
Quote examples
B. B. King
American Musician
I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
Quote examples
Lee Ritenour
American Musician
I had redesigned my entire amplifier system for this tour because airlines are very strict now.
Quote examples
Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
Quote examples
Jon Taffer
American Businessman
I have a playroom with my drum set, a guitar, and amplifier at home.
Quote examples
Harold Stephen Black
American Inventor
Negative feedback effected amplifier performance significantly.
Quote examples
Buddy Guy
American Musician
Why did they keep changing guitars and amplifiers when they were perfect? They did the same things with cars, if you ask me. They forgot how to make them right, because they focused on style and bells and whistles.
Quote examples
Dick Dale
American Musician
When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blown away. They couldn't believe the sound. I said, 'See, gentlemen, the world is no longer flat.
Quote examples
Tariq Ramadan
Swiss Writer
The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions.
Quote examples
Lee Ranaldo
American Musician
I'm so used to knowing what to do with an electric guitar and amplifier, but with an acoustic guitar, it's different, but I still have an amp and a whole bunch of pedals.
Quote examples
Michael Schenker
German Musician
In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.
Quote examples
B. B. King
American Musician
I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
Quote examples
Lee Ritenour
American Musician
I had redesigned my entire amplifier system for this tour because airlines are very strict now.
Quote examples
Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
Quote examples
Jon Taffer
American Businessman
I have a playroom with my drum set, a guitar, and amplifier at home.
Quote examples
Harold Stephen Black
American Inventor
Negative feedback effected amplifier performance significantly.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension