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amplifier

[am-pluh-fahy-er] / ˈæm pləˌfaɪ ər /
NOUN
speaker
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Laney was playing bass in local band The Band of Joy with John Bonham on drums and Robert Plant on vocals when he built his first amplifier in his father's garage.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

What made that possible was a “pickup,” essentially a magnet mounted under the strings that turned vibrations into an electric current that connects to an amplifier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

He learned to beatmatch by plugging a player into each side of his amplifier and using the balance knob to fade between them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

Johnny had arrived two hours earlier with an amplifier almost as tall as himself that needed fixing.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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