gain

Definition

In electronics and audio, the amount by which a signal is amplified—turn it up too much and you get distortion, too little and nobody hears anything. In business, it's profit or advantage, the thing everyone's chasing in quarterly reports. In fitness, it's what bros discuss regarding muscle mass, as in 'making gains.'

Example Usage

The engineer adjusted the gain on the microphone until the singer's voice was perfectly balanced between audible and eardrum-shattering.

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