enhancement

noun

en·​hance·​ment -smənt 

plural -s

: the act of enhancing or state of being enhanced : augmentation, intensification: such as

a

: induced increase in some chemical or physical property

the current enhancement by gas filling may be greater by 20 to 30 percent for infrared light

—V. K. Zworykin & E. G. Ramberg

enhancement of the virulence of a virus by egg passage

b

: accentuation or exaggeration of tonal or positional characteristics of a sound recording

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