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amplifier

[am-pluh-fahy-er] / ˈæm pləˌfaɪ ər /
NOUN
speaker
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A few paces away, Jerry Garcia’s “Budman” amplifier, once part of the Grateful Dead’s three-story high “Wall of Sound,” perched atop a podium.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

In principle, such a plasma can act as an energy amplifier, producing far more energy than it takes to create and sustain it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Conventional signals are refreshed roughly every 50 kilometers using an optical amplifier.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

For many people with chronic pain, the metaphors that scientists use—like the amplifier, making a whisper sound like a scream—don’t tell the whole story.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

But alive, he was invaluable to their mission, trained to use his amplifier gifts to sense Grisha power through touch.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo