augmentation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: augmentation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for augmentation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
augmentation n the amount by which something increases the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) Antonym(s): diminution the act of augmenting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Augmentation \Aug`menta"tion\, n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. 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. (Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. --Cussans. 5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. --Dunglison. 6. (Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. {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. Syn: Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.