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augmented

/ ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd /

adjective

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
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
having been increased, esp in number
an augmented orchestra

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