Meanings
present singular third person amplificates · participle present amplificating · participle past amplificated · past amplificated
- obsolete or nonstandard and chiefly non-native speakers' EnglishTo amplify.
Seed 10⁷ cells into 75-cm² cell-culture flasks, add 15 ml proliferation medium, and amplificate the cells in an incubator (37°C; 5% CO₂).
2007, Detlef Schumann, Andrew K. Ekaputra, Christopher X. F. Lam, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, “Biomaterials/Scaffolds […]”, in Hansjörg Hauser, Martin Fussenegger, editors, Tissue Engineering (Methods in Molecular Medicine; 140), 2nd edition, Totowa, N.J.: Humana Press, →ISBN, page 1181 more example
A Bodediagram are^([sic]) actually two diagrams, one of the frequency amplification (which frequency gets amplificated the most) and one of the phase-shift.
2000 March 1, ZaPPPa, “Carl and VV ...”, in rec.music.makers.guitar (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Jul 2026
Origin
- Latinamplificātus
- Englishamplificate
Learned borrowing from Latin amplificātus, passive perfect participle of amplificō (“I enlarge, amplify”). Also an independent back-formation from amplification. For its use by non-native speakers, compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish amplificar and Italian amplificare.
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