Definition of Augmentation
Aug`men`ta´tion
n.
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
.
5.
(Med.)
The
stage
of
a
disease
in
which
the
symptoms
go
on
increasing
.
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.
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