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underamplifying

underamplifying is the present participle and gerund of underamplify.

Meaning of underamplify

Verb

underamplify (third-person singular simple present underamplifies, present participle underamplifying, simple past and past participle underamplified)

  1. To provide insufficient amplification.
    • In general, there is a tendency to underamplify the extreme ends of the musical scale and to overamplify certain particular frequencies below the middle, such as originate from acoustic resonance.1933, Keith Henney, The Radio Engineering Handbook, page 286

Questions about underamplifying

What is underamplifying the present participle and gerund of?
Underamplifying is the present participle and gerund of underamplify.

Words near underamplifying in the dictionary

  1. underamplification
  2. underamplifications
  3. underamplified
  4. underamplifies
  5. underamplify
  6. underamplifying
  7. underanalyse
  8. underanalysed
  9. underanalyses
  10. underanalysing
  11. underanalysis

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