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Definition: op amp


(OPerational AMPlifier) A type of high-gain differential amplifier that is used in myriad electronic applications from communications to audio and video. Starting with the vacuum tube operational amplifiers of the 1940s, there have been numerous op amp designs. See differential amplifier.