Augmentation
Augmentation ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Late Latin augmentatio: compare French augmentation.]
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.
(Heraldry) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. — Cussans
5.
(Medicine) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. — Dunglison
6.
(Music) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.
Collocations (1)
Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.) , a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. — Encyc. Brit