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Augment or augmentation may refer to:

• Augment (linguistics), a syllable added to the beginning of the word in certain Indo-European languages

• Augmentation (heraldry), heraldic modifications
• Augmentation (music), the musical technique of lengthening or widening of rhythm or interval
• Augmentation (obstetrics), the process by which the first &/or second stages of an already established labour is accelerated or potentiated by deliberate and artificial means.
• Augmentation (psychiatry), the combination of two or more drugs to achieve better treatment results
• Augmentation ideal, in mathematics, an ideal in a group ring
• Breast augmentation
• Synaptic augmentation, a form of short term synaptic plasticity

• Augmented cognition
• Augmented matrix, in mathematics, a matrix formed by placing two other matrices side-by-side
• Augmented reality

• NLS (computer system), a hypertext system derived from Douglas Engelbart's oNLine System, renamed "Augment" by Tymshare
• Nanotechnological augmentations, a feature in the computer game Deus Ex
• Genetically enhanced humans, who feature in the Star Trek franchise.

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Noun

augment m. (plural augments)

1. (mediaeval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit

   Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.

2. (grammar) augment

   Augment syllabique, celui qui consiste dans l’addition d’une syllabe, comme ετυπτον etupton, je frappais, imparfait de τυπτω tuptó, je frappe.

   Augment temporel, celui qui consiste dans le changement d’une brève en longue, comme ωριζον ówrizon, je bornais, de οριζω orizó, je borne.

References

• "augment" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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