Augmentation

Addition of a medication not usually used as monotherapy for a disorder to a core medication for a disorder in an attempt to enhance the patient's clinical response.

augmentation

Beauty; Breast implant

Includes cosmetic uses, such as to increase breast size or for ptosis (sagging or drooping of the breast) or asymmetry. Augmentation is one of three indications (clinical uses) ...

augmentation

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) The number of times the apparent topocentric, angular diameter of a celestial body is greater than the geocentric, angular diameter of that body. (2) The apparent increase ...

placer

Earth science; Oceanography

A layer of minerals laid down by flowing water. People who pan for gold search through placers.

reef

Earth science; Oceanography

An underwater ridge of rock that rises up to or near the surface. Reefs are important ecosystems that provide home for sea life.

aquascape

Earth science; Oceanography

A scenic view of a body of water; an area having a natural or constructed aquatic feature (as a pond or fountain).

equatorial rossby wave

Earth science; Oceanography

An equatorially trapped westward propagating wave that moves due to isentropic gradients of potential vorticity. The meridional velocity of the n'th mode of these waves has the ...

blackbody radiator

Earth science; Oceanography

A hypothetical, ideal radiator that totally absorbs and reemits all energy incident upon it. Actual objects only approach this ideal.

shear instability

Earth science; Oceanography

An instability of an unbounded parallel shear flow to the growth and nonlinear development of waves with phase speed in the along flow direction approximately equal to the speed ...