augmentation — Dizionario inglese

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1. The act or process of augmenting.

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

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   A small tablet is fixt near the Altar, upon wᶜʰ the friends of yᵉ defunct lay their offerings in mony according to their own ability and the quality of the person deceased. This custom proves a very happy augmentation to some of the very poor vicars, and is often the best part of their maintenance.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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Sostantivo

1. the amount by which something becomes greater

   Termini più generali

   increase

2. the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)

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   diminution

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   statement

3. the act of augmenting

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   increasestep-up