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Augmentation is the noun that belongs with : it is the act of increasing something, or the extra amount you add. A pay augmentation is a rise. In medicine, breast augmentation is surgery that makes the breasts larger — that is the use many adults will have heard. In music, augmentation means stretching a tune by making each note last longer. It is a formal, somewhat heavy word; in daily talk people usually say increase, addition, or enlargement, unless they are in one of those special fields.
增加、擴大、增補；（醫學）增大手術
組成From Old French augmentacion, from Latin augmentātiō, the verbal noun of augmentāre (“to increase”). In English you can also see it as augment + -ation (the act or result of doing it).
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- augmentthe verb this noun is built from
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
augmentationnoun
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The act or process of augmenting.
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An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
- A small tablet is fixt near the Altar, upon wᶜʰ the friends of yᵉ defunct lay their offerings in mony according to their own ability and the quality of the person deceased. This custom proves a very happy augmentation to some of the very poor vicars, and is often the best part of their maintenance.
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governmentheraldryhobbiesA particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
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medicinesciencesA surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
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medicinesciencesThe stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
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An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。