amp

¹

[amp]

noun

Slang.

1. amputation.

2. amputee.

amp.

²

abbreviation

Electricity.

1. amperage.

2. ampere; amperes.

amp

³

[amp]

noun

1. amplifier.

verb (used with object)

1. to excite or energize (usually followed byup ).

   We were so amped up for the game that we forgot to eat.

amp

⁴

[amp]

noun

Electricity.

1. ampere.

AMP

⁵

abbreviation

Biochemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleotide, C 10 H 12 N 5 O 3 H 2 PO 4 , obtained by the partial hydrolysis of ATP or of ribonucleic acid, yielding on hydrolysis adenine, ribose, and orthophosphoric acid.

amp.

¹

abbreviation

1. ampere

AMP

²

abbreviation

1. adenosine monophosphate

2. Australian Mutual Provident Society

amp

³

/ æmp /

noun

1. an ampere

2. informal,  an amplifier

verb

1. informal,  to excite or become excited

AMP

1. Short for adenosine monophosphate. An organic compound that is composed of adenosine and one phosphate group. It is one of the nucleotides present in DNA and RNA, and is also the fundamental component of ATP and ADP. During certain cellular metabolic processes, AMP forms from ADP when the latter loses a phosphate group, and AMP forms ADP by acquiring a phosphate group. Chemical formula: C ₁₀ H ₁₄ N ₅ O ₇ P.

amp

1. A unit of electric current (see also current). One ampere corresponds to a certain number of electrons passing a fixed point each second.

A typical household's electrical supply includes a total of 120 to 200 amps; a typical house circuit carries 15 to 50 amps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of AMP¹

First recorded in 1925–30; by shortening

Origin of AMP²

First recorded in 1945–50; by shortening

Origin of AMP³

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Origin of AMP⁴

First recorded in 1950–55; a(denosine) m(ono-)p(hosphate)

Example Sentences

While patients may not mind if doctors amp up the tests and use high-tech diagnostics, there’s a fine line between doing enough for patients and doing too much.

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He just needed to learn all about the sorts of wood used to make guitars, and to buy guitars and tubes and amps.

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“Sometimes, the amps are having a record year; sometimes, the stadiums are having a record year. And that’s always been the pattern here.”

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You can go crazy with string lights to create an enchanted tree in your backyard or adorn it with some creepy critters — snakes, bats, spiders…you name it — to amp up the scare factor.

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Meanwhile, Del Toro amps up the action, starting the film off with a ghastly great sequence in which Elordi’s Creature punches a sailor so hard his spine snaps into a backward somersault.

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