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laajentaminen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amplification noun The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
  • extension noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  • widening adj Becoming wider or more spread apart.

Senses

laajentaminen is used for these senses in English:

  • amplification (translation studies) 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.
  • extension (ring theory, of an ideal in the domain of a ring homomorphism) The ideal in the codomain generated by the image of the given ideal under the given homomorphism.
  • widening The action of the verb widen.

amplification — full definition

  1. noun The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
  2. noun The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
  3. noun The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
  4. noun 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).

extension — full definition

  1. noun An extra part added to something to make it larger or longer, or an extra period of time granted beyond an original deadline.
  2. noun A small program that adds features to a web browser or other software.
  3. noun An additional telephone line within an office or building, or the short number that reaches it.

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