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augmented

/ ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd /

adjective

  1. music (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone Compare diminished

    C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth

  2. music
    1. denoting a chord based upon an augmented triad

      an augmented seventh chord

    2. denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a major third and an augmented fifth
    3. postpositive (esp in jazz) denoting a chord having as its root the note specified

      D augmented

  3. having been increased, esp in number

    an augmented orchestra

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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