augmented

/ ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd /

adjective

1. See diminished
   music (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone Compare diminished

   C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth

2. music
   1. denoting a chord based upon an augmented triad

      an augmented seventh chord

   2. denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a major third and an augmented fifth
   3. postpositive (esp in jazz) denoting a chord having as its root the note specified

      D augmented

3. having been increased, esp in number

   an augmented orchestra

Example Sentences

More recently, startup Magic Leap spent a decade trying to develop a set of augmented and virtual reality glasses.

From Fortune

Apple’s work on a product that combines augmented and virtual reality, code-named N301, has been ongoing since at least 2015, with more than 1,000 engineers dedicated to the project.

From Fortune

Nreal, one of the most-watched mixed reality startups in China, just secured $40 million from a group of high-profile investors in a Series B round that could potentially bring more adoption to its portable augmented headsets.

From TechCrunch

This is only made that much worse by the grim statistics we augmented on Friday.

From The Daily Beast

The 25-year-old is tiny, with the paleness of her skin augmented by her fiery mane.

From The Daily Beast

This was further augmented by the GI bill, which also provided low-interest loans to returning veterans.

From The Daily Beast

This investigation augmented a previous Iraqi warrant from 2006.

From The Daily Beast

Many have augmented local police to establish a city defense force in preparation for an attack by ISIS.

From The Daily Beast

McNeil, his force now augmented by Shaffer's, resolved to push Porter to the limit, and if possible bring him to battle.

From Project Gutenberg

From the easterly end of the flat the augmented river squeezed in a roaring rapids through a sort of bottle neck.

From Project Gutenberg

This later feast will be augmented perhaps by half the good boys and girls who have been dining at the long table.

From Project Gutenberg

And the utility of language has been enormously augmented by the development of the arts of writing and printing.

From Project Gutenberg

This is not only manifest in their augmented numbers, but in the gradual and steady improvement of the species.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• also
• extra
• further
• higher
• new
• other