English-Thai Dictionary

augmentation

N การ เพิ่มขึ้น  addition incerment kan-phoem-khuen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AUGMENTATION

n. 1. The act of increasing, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilatation.
2. The state of being increased or enlarged.
3. The thing added by which a thing is enlarged.
4. In music, a doubling the value of the notes of the subject of a fugue or canon.
Augmentation Court, in England, a court erected by 27 Hen. VIII., to augment the revenues of the crown, by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved.
In heraldry, augmentation consists in additional charges to a coat-armor, often as marks of honor, borne on the escutcheon or a canton.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AUGMENTATION

Aug `men *ta "tion, n. Etym: [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation. ]

 

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. )

 

Defn: A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.

 

5. (Med. )

 

Defn: The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.

 

6. (Mus. )

 

Defn: 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 to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.

 

Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

augmentation

aug men ta tion |ˌôgmenˈtāSHən ˌɔɡˌmɛnˈteɪʃən | ▶noun the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount: the augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects. • Music the lengthening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. • Heraldry an addition to a coat of arms granted as a mark of special honor. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin augmentatio (n- ), from the verb augmentare (see augment ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

augmentation

aug ¦men |ta ¦tion |ɔːgmɛnˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount. • Music the lengthening of the time values of notes in a melodic part. • [ count noun ] Heraldry an addition to a coat of arms granted as a mark of special honour. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin augmentatio (n- ), from the verb augmentare (see augment ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Augmentation

Aug men ta ti on Substantiv, feminin Musik , die |Augmentati o n |spätlateinisch augmentatio = Vermehrung a Wertverlängerung einer Note in der Mensuralnotation b Wiederaufnahme des Themas einer Komposition in größeren rhythmischen Werten

 

French Dictionary

augmentation

augmentation n. f. nom féminin Accroissement. : L ’augmentation du prix des produits (et non *l ’augmentation des produits ). L ’augmentation du coût de la vie (et non *l ’augmentation de la vie ). SYNONYME hausse ; montée . ANTONYME diminution ; réduction .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

augmentation

aug men ta tion /ɔ̀ːɡmentéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 増加, 増大 .2 U C 〘楽 〙主題拡大 .