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amplifier
(redirected from Mechanical amplifier)

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amplifier,
a device that controls power from a mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, or other source so that the output is greater than the input.

amplifier
see image amplifier system.


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The ear has a mechanical amplifier in it that uses electrical power to do mechanical amplification," said Richard Rabbitt, the study's principal author and a professor and chair of bioengineering at the University of Utah College of Engineering.
 
 
 
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