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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Augmentation \Aug`men*ta"tion\, n. [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.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a
        mark of honor. --Cussans.
  
     5. (Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on
        increasing. --Dunglison.
  
     6. (Mus.) 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 the revenues of the crown by the
        suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved.
        --Encyc. Brit.
  
     Syn: Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession;
          addition.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  augmentation
       n 1: the amount by which something increases
       2: the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration
          (usually twice the length of the original) [ant: {diminution}]
       3: the act of augmenting

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