augmentation
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mɛnˈteɪ noun
1.
the act of augmenting; state of being augmented.
3.
Music. modification of a theme by increasing the time value of all its notes.
4.
Heraldry. an addition to a coat of arms granted to a person by a sovereign power in recognition of a notable action.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented |
| 2. | the amount by which something is increased |
| 3. | music Compare diminution the presentation of a subject of a fugue, in which the note values are uniformly increased |
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Word Origin & History
augmentation
mid-15c., "act of making greater," from O.Fr. augmentacion "increase," from L.L. augmentationem (nom. augmentatio), noun of action from augmentatus, pp. of augmentare (see augment). Meaning "amount by which something is increased" is from 1520s. Musical sense is from 1590s.
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Example sentences
With augmentation, the solar suitcase powers blood bank refrigeration, permitting life-saving transfusions to occur without delay.
He represents external enhancement through prosthetic and computer augmentation.
It's not as if staff wages have risen faster than inflation and so require extra augmentation.
But no such augmentation was ever requested and no one arose to ask why not.
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