Music. modification of a theme by increasing the time value of all its notes.
Heraldry. an addition to a coat of arms granted to a person by a sovereign power in recognition of a notable action.
Origin of augmentation
1425–75; late Middle English (<Anglo-French ) <Late Latin augmentātiōn- (stem of augmentātiō). See augment, -ation; replacing late Middle English aumentacion<Middle French
We felt like we could build this new generation of developer tools and get to Michael Jordan’s vision of intelligent augmentation, which is giving creatives tools where they can be a lot more productive.
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With travel restrictions hampering the replacement of medical personnel or augmentation of naval forces for a coordinated security response, these ships too are vulnerable.
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While prosthetics and implants for medical purposes have been around for years, a whole new range of elective body augmentations are becoming possible.
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To maintain their influence over men, they supply the diminution of beauty by an augmentation of utility.
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The sharp has gone further afield in the augmentation of his resources.
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The Royal tressure had at least twice been granted as an augmentation to the arms of foreigners.
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In 1796, Mr. Stracey and another gentleman came into the house with little or no augmentation of capital.
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Of the multitude of honours which were showered upon the Duke of Wellington, not the least was his augmentation.
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British Dictionary definitions for augmentation
augmentation
/ (ˌɔːɡmɛnˈteɪʃən) /
noun
the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
the amount by which something is increased
musicthe presentation of a subject of a fugue, in which the note values are uniformly increasedCompare diminution (def. 2)