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augmentation
[ awg-men-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of augmenting; state of being augmented.
- that by which anything is augmented.
- Music. modification of a theme by increasing the time value of all its notes.
- Heraldry. an addition to a coat of arms granted to a person by a sovereign power in recognition of a notable action.
augmentation
/ ˌɔːɡmɛnˈteɪʃən /
noun
- the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
- the amount by which something is increased
- music the presentation of a subject of a fugue, in which the note values are uniformly increased Compare diminution
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Word History and Origins
Origin of augmentation1
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Example Sentences
The brochure, I later learned, was not for breast augmentation‚ but breast reconstruction.
In 2010, at 18 years old, she drew criticism for undergoing a $5,000 breast-augmentation surgery, going from an A-cup to a C-cup.
The cost of breast augmentation varies, but $5,000 is a representative figure.
In Germany, she was accused of 19 counts of fraud, including skipping out on a $10,000 bill for breast augmentation surgery.
The judges appear to have done their best to find a good-taste beauty queen (i.e., not the biggest breast augmentation).
They would not, he thought, be much alarmed by any augmentation of power which the Emperor might obtain.
The augmentation, or diminution, of its size, is caused by the care taken to unite the great with the small individuals.
The next day a royal message to parliament announced the augmentation of the navy.
It includes but two formul: Either instinct is a fructification of intelligence; or intelligence is an augmentation of instinct.
I hope you will find no great difficulty in procuring the small augmentation to the loan which it requires.
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