amplification vs development

amplification

noun
  • The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding. 

  • 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). 

  • The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current. 

  • A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation. 

  • Gain. 

  • The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA. 

development

noun
  • The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. 

  • The process of developing; growth, directed change. 

  • A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. 

  • The expression of a function in the form of a series. 

  • The building of such a project. 

  • Something which has developed. 

  • The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). 

  • The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated. 

  • The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form. 

  • The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. 

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