addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; a few remarks added in amplification and defense; an elaboration of the sketch followed

[ Syn: amplification ]

the result of improving something; he described a refinement of this technique

[ Syn: refinement ]

a discussion that provides additional information

[ Syn: expansion , enlargement ]

marked by elaborately complex detail

[ Syn: elaborateness , intricacy , involution ]

developing in intricate and painstaking detail

[ Syn: working out ]