augmentation

1. n. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being augmented; enlargement. Source: opted

3. n. The thing added by way of enlargement. Source: opted

4. n. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Source: opted

5. n. The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Source: opted

6. n. In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. Source: opted

7. n. the amount by which something becomes greater Source: wordnet

8. n. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) Source: wordnet

9. n. the act of augmenting Source: wordnet

10. 1. The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. 2. The state of being augmented; enlargement. 3. The thing added by way of enlargement. 4. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. 5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison. 6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit. Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition. Source: webster

11. A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark ofhonor. Cussans. Source: adambom

12. n:100 n. the amount by which something increases n. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) n. the act of augmenting Source: ecdict

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