Enlargement
[en-lahrj-muh nt] /ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənt/
noun
1.
an act of ; increase, expansion, or amplification.
2.
anything, as a photograph, that is an form of something.
3.
anything that something else; addition:
The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt/
noun
1.
the act of enlarging or the condition of being enlarged
2.
something that enlarges or is intended to enlarge
3.
a photographic print that is larger than the negative from which it is made
n.
1540s, from enlarge + -ment. Photographic sense is from 1866.
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