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overamplification

overamplification noun: excessive amplification.

Noun

overamplification (usually uncountable, plural overamplifications)

  1. (usually) Excessive amplification.
    • Although there is some recorded music, the 10 musicians […] add further vitality to the program, despite bad overamplification.2007 October 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “The Costumes, the Rifles, the Six-Foot Headdresses”, in New York Times

Forms of overamplification

pluraloveramplifications

Origin of overamplification

From over- + amplification.

Questions about overamplification

What does overamplification mean?
Overamplification means excessive amplification.
What part of speech is overamplification?
Overamplification is a noun.
What is the plural of overamplification?
The plural of overamplification is overamplifications.

Words near overamplification in the dictionary

  1. overambitiousness
  2. overamp
  3. overamped
  4. overamperage
  5. overamping
  6. overamplification
  7. overamplifications
  8. overamplified
  9. overamplifies
  10. overamplify
  11. overamplifying

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