enlargement

[ en-lahrj-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənt /

an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification.

anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something.

anything that enlarges something else; addition: The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.

Origin of enlargement

First recorded in 1530–40; enlarge + -ment

pre·en·large·ment, noun pro·en·large·ment, adjective re·en·large·ment, noun

In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).

This Is the Way You’ll Live Forever |Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad |May 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And no one has done more to bring us that critical and creative freedom and enlargement of scope than Remy de Gourmont.

The Book of Masks |Remy de Gourmont
The enlargement of the judicial power of the department was to be effected by a different process.

Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States |Martin Van Buren
Above all there is an enlargement of social and spiritual responsibility among the people.

State of the Union Addresses of Herbert Hoover |Herbert Hoover

He was seeking the enlargement out of prison of his cousin Henry Carew's 'distressed son.'

Sir Walter Ralegh |William Stebbing
Had he obtained the Royal Mercy or been acquitted, the day of his enlargement was to have been that of his marriage.

Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire |James Croston

enlargement

/ (ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt) /

the act of enlarging or the condition of being enlarged

something that enlarges or is intended to enlarge

a photographic print that is larger than the negative from which it is made