单词 | augmentation |
释义 | augmentation/ɔːɡmɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n![]() noun [mass noun] 1The action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount: the augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects...
1.1 Music The lengthening of the time values of notes in a melodic part.Still in place as well are my customary rhythms, based on added note values, on augmentation, on the absence of measured bars, offering a very simple but completely unconventional use of note-values and duration....
1.2 [count noun] Heraldry An addition to a coat of arms granted as a mark of special honour.Heraldic augmentations for gallant individuals are recorded as far back as the battle of Flodden in 1513. OriginLate Middle English: from late Latin augmentatio(n-), from the verb augmentare (see augment). |
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