augmentation
pronunciation
How to pronounce augmentation in British English:
UK [ˌɔ:ɡmen'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce augmentation in American English:
US [ˌɔɡmɛnˈteʃən]
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- Noun:
- the amount by which something increases
- the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
- the act of augmenting
Word Origin
- augmentation (n.)
- mid-15c., "act of making greater," from Old French augmentacion "increase," from Late Latin augmentationem (nominative augmentatio), noun of action from past participle stem of augmentare (see augment). Meaning "amount by which something is increased" is from 1520s. Musical sense is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. How the prosthesis after breast augmentation surgery massage steps .
- 2. Whether it 's for approval , reconstructive , or purely " enhancing " motives , breast augmentation is the # 1 cosmetic procedure in the us .
- 3. But we don 't necessarily have to think of immersion in the virtual and augmentation of the physical as opposites .
- 4. Breast lesions following breast augmentation with polyacrylamide hydrogel injection .
- 5. Mr. scrushy hosted parties on the chez soiree , his 92-foot yacht , and arranged to pay for breast augmentation for a member of a company-sponsored singing group .