enlargement

enlargement
/en lahrj"meuhnt/, n.
1. an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification.
2. anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something.
3. anything that enlarges something else; addition: The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.
[1530-40; ENLARGE + -MENT]

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