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Definition of Augmentation
Augmentation

The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.

The state of being augmented; enlargement.

The thing added by way of enlargement.

A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.

The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.

In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.

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Augmentation Translations

augmentation in French is agrandissement
augmentation in Italian is ingrandimento
augmentation in Spanish is ampliacion

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