ampliation

[ am-plee-ey-shuhn ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. an enlarging or extending; amplification.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ampliation¹

1500–10; < Latin ampliātiōn- (stem of ampliātiō ) an extending. See ampliate, -ion

Example Sentences

Law of Phylogenetic Complication or Ampliation, Differentiation and Reduction.—The cells, and, in general, the parts of plants which lie near each other in space or follow upon each other in time, are always alike in the lower stages.

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Pour ampliation: Le sous-secr�taire d'�tat au d�partement de l'int�rieur, A. Passy.

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And therefore I said the word was rather for ampliation, that is, rather to encourage these who accounted themselves excluded, than to exclude any who desire to come.

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For when they gave their verdict to cast or clear the culprits that were tried before them, they used certain notes according to the substance of the sentences; by Theta signifying condemnation to death; by T, absolution; by A, ampliation or a demur, when the case was not sufficiently examined.

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