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 ]