Advertisement

enlargement (n.)

1530s, "a release from confinement," from enlarge in the secondary Middle English sense "release a prisoner" (mid-15c.) + -ment. Meaning "act of increasing in size" is from 1560s. Photographic sense "picture of a larger size than the negative from which it was made" is from 1866.

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of enlargement from WordNet

enlargement (n.)
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope;
Synonyms: expansion
enlargement (n.)
the state of being enlarged;
enlargement (n.)
a discussion that provides additional information;
Synonyms: expansion / elaboration
enlargement (n.)
a photographic print that has been enlarged;
Synonyms: blowup / magnification
From wordnet.princeton.edu