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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Larger by a semitone than the corresponding major or perfect interval.

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  • adjective increased in number, amount or strength.
  • adjective music increased by a semitone.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of augment.

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  • adjective added to or made greater in amount or number or strength

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Examples

  • An _augmented triad_ has a major third and an augmented fifth,

    Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928

  • Right now most people have never heard about the term augmented reality.

    UgoTrade Tish Shute 2009

  • iStock It is a safe bet that fewer people have heard the term "augmented reality" than have seen it in action.

    Real Life or Just Fantasy? Nick Clayton 2011

  • iStock It is a safe bet that fewer people have heard the term "augmented reality" than have seen it in action.

    Real Life or Just Fantasy? Nick Clayton 2011

  • We did have engine crews, strike teams in place, what we call augmented staffing.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2007 2007

  • O'BRIEN: Tobias Hollerer is demonstrating something he calls augmented reality -- three-dimensional graphics inserted into the real world using computers that you wear.

    CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2007 2007

  • Brown says: Mixed Reality labs specializes in augmented reality.

    Boing Boing: April 10, 2005 - April 16, 2005 Archives 2005

  • O'BRIEN: Tobias Hollerer is demonstrating something he calls augmented reality -- three-dimensional graphics inserted into the real world using computers that you wear.

    CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2007 2007

  • "The Hermitage!" cried Helen, in augmented horror.

    The Scottish Chiefs 1875

  • Augmented reality has become simple, and is now poised to enter the mainstream in the consumer sector. overview The expression augmented reality (AR) is credited Augmented reality applications can either be marker - to former Boeing researcher Tom Caudell, who based, which means that the camera must perceive is believed to have coined the term in 1990.

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