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augmentation

noun

Etymology

From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augmentātiō, verbal noun from augmentō (“increase”, verb).

  1. derived from augmentātiō
  2. derived from augmentacion
  3. inherited from augmentation

Definitions

  1. The act or process of augmenting.

  2. An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.

  3. A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble…

    A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.

    2. The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.

    3. A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note…

      A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.

    4. An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of…

      An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.

The neighborhood

Derived

augmentation cystoplasty, augmentationer, autoaugmentation, bioaugmentation, boob augmentation, coaugmentation, neuroaugmentation, preaugmentation, reaugmentation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at augmentation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at augmentation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at augmentation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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