Augment

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Augment or augmentation may refer to:

Language

  • Augment (Indo-European), a syllable added to the beginning of the word in certain Indo-European languages
  • Augment (Bantu languages), a morpheme that is prefixed to the noun class prefix of nouns in certain Bantu languages
  • Augment, a name sometimes given to the verbal ō- prefix in Nahuatl grammar

Technology

  • Augmentation (obstetrics), the process by which the first and/or second stages of an already established labour is accelerated or potentiated by deliberate and artificial means
  • Augmentation (pharmacology), the combination of two or more drugs to achieve better treatment results
  • Augmented reality, a live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input
  • Augmented cognition, a research field that aims at creating revolutionary human-computer interactions
  • Augment (Tymshare), a hypertext system derived from Douglas Engelbart's oN-Line System, renamed "Augment" by Tymshare
  • Augment (app), augmented reality software

Art

  • Augmentation (heraldry), heraldic modifications
  • Augmentation (music), the musical technique of lengthening or widening of rhythm or interval
  • Augment (album), an album by Erra

Mathematics

  • Augmented matrix, in mathematics, a matrix formed by placing two other matrices side-by-side
  • Augmentation (geometry), a way of enlarging a polyhedron
  • Augmentation (algebra), a certain algebra homomorphism
  • Augmentation ideal, in mathematics, an ideal in a group ring

Medicine

  • Breast augmentation, the breast implant and fat-graft mammoplasty procedures for correcting or enhancing breasts
  • Synaptic augmentation, a form of short term synaptic plasticity

In fiction

  • Nanobiotechnology augmentations, a feature in the computer game Deus Ex and Deus Ex: Invisible War
  • Prosthetic augmentations, a key feature in the computer game Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
  • Augments (Star Trek), genetically enhanced humans, in the Star Trek franchise
  • Transhumans in David Brin's post-apocalyptic novel The Postman

Other

  • Human enhancement
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