preamplifier

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noun

A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.

Similar
pre-amp
OriginEnglish amplifier ← Middle English amplifiyen ← Old French amplifier →
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Meanings

nounpreamplifier (plural preamplifiers)

plural preamplifiers · alternative pre-amplifier

  1. A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.

    Synonyms: pre-amp

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.

Similar
pre-amp

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-lo-s
  11. Proto-Italic*amlos?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
  15. Proto-Italic*amβi-
  16. Latinambi-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  19. Proto-Italic*plēnos
  20. Latinplēnus?
  21. Latinambiplus?
  22. Latinamplus
  23. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  24. Proto-Italic*θakos
  25. Latinamplificāre
  26. Old Frenchamplifier
  27. Middle Englishamplifiyen
  28. Englishamplify
  29. Englishamplifier
  30. Englishpreamplifier

From pre- + amplifier.

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Translations

Bulgarian предусилвател
  • предусилвател (predusilvatel)voltage amplifier
Chinese Mandarin 前置放大器, 前置放大電路 /前置放大电路
  • 前置放大器 (qiánzhì fàngdàqì)voltage amplifier
  • 前置放大電路 /前置放大电路 (qiánzhìfàng dàdiànlù)voltage amplifier
  • 前級放大器 /前级放大器 (qiánjí fàngdàqì)voltage amplifier
  • 前級擴大機 /前级扩大机 (qiánjí kuòdàjī)voltage amplifier
Dutch voorversterker
  • voorversterkervoltage amplifier
Esperanto antaŭamplifilo
  • antaŭamplifilovoltage amplifier
Finnish esivahvistin
  • esivahvistinvoltage amplifier
French préamplificateur, préampli
  • préamplificateurvoltage amplifier
  • préamplivoltage amplifier
Polish przedwzmacniacz
  • przedwzmacniaczvoltage amplifier
Russian предусили́тель
  • предусили́тель (predusilítelʹ)voltage amplifier
Swedish förförstärkare
  • förförstärkarevoltage amplifier
Cite this entry
APA

preamplifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preamplifier

MLA

“preamplifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preamplifier. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preamplifier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preamplifier.

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