ampliation
noun
am·pli·a·tion
ˌamplēˈāshən
plural -s
1
archaic : enlargement, amplification
2
[Latin ampliation-, ampliatio] : a postponement of the decision of a cause in civil law
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Late Latin ampliation-, ampliatio, from Latin, postponement of the decision of a cause, from ampliatus (past participle of ampliare to enlarge, postpone the decision of) + -ion-, -io -ion
First Known Use
1620, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- chronicle drama
- chronicle play
- chronicled
- chronicler
- chroniclers
- chronicles
- Chronicles
- chronicling
- chronics
- chronique scandaleuse
- chroniques scandaleuses
- chronist
- chrono
- chrono-
- chronobiologic
- chronobiological
- chronobiologies
- chronobiologist
- chronobiologists
- chronobiology
- chronocinematography
- chronocline
- chronogeneous
- chronogeneses
- chronogenesis