parametric amplifier

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noun Electronics.

a device, as an electron tube or transistor, that amplifies a high-frequency input signal by sinusoidally varying the reactance of the circuit.

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Origin of parametric amplifier

First recorded in 1955–60

Words nearby parametric amplifier

paramedical, parament, parameter, parameterize, parametric, parametric amplifier, parametric equalizer, parametric equation, parametric equations, parametric statistics, parametrize

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Mr. Norwood brought out from the city a two-step amplifier and a horn and they were attached to the instrument.
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They listened in on the radio that evening until late, using the amplifier and horn that Mr. Norwood had bought.
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Wires were run from the amplifier through the rear-seat windows, which were opened just enough to take the thin cables.
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Rick and Scotty watched as the engineer got busy, hooking the remote-switch cable into the amplifier.
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The voice, thin, flat and emotionless, came through a small amplifier.
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British Dictionary definitions for parametric amplifier

parametric amplifier

noun

a type of high-frequency amplifier in which energy from a pumping oscillator is transferred to the input signal through a circuit with a varying parameter, usually a varying reactance

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