augmentation

[ awg-men-tey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of augmenting; state of being augmented.

  2. that by which anything is augmented.

  1. Music. modification of a theme by increasing the time value of all its notes.

  2. Heraldry. an addition to a coat of arms granted to a person by a sovereign power in recognition of a notable action.

Origin of augmentation

1
1425–75; late Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Late Latin augmentātiōn- (stem of augmentātiō). See augment, -ation; replacing late Middle English aumentacion<Middle French

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British Dictionary definitions for augmentation

augmentation

/ (ˌɔːɡmɛnˈteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented

  2. the amount by which something is increased

  1. music the presentation of a subject of a fugue, in which the note values are uniformly increased: Compare diminution (def. 2)

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