augmentation.

1. An increase produced by adding to or enlarging something.

2. The presentation of musical material with proportionally longer note durations.

3. The enlargement of a musical interval, especially by a chromatic semitone.

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Words that belong together

• augmentation of resources
• further augmentation

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The augmentation of resources changed the expedition’s prospects.

She questioned whether the augmentation had altered the work’s character.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular augmentation; plural augmentations. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.