heightening

English

Verb

heightening

  1. present participle of heighten

Noun

heightening (plural heightenings)

  1. The act by which something is heightened or increased.
    • 2003, Gary Null, Germs, Biological Warfare, Vaccinations: What You Need to Know
      For them, there was "an increase in total lymphocyte production, and a higher IG antibody response," among other heightenings.
    • 1970, Heinrich Wölfflin, Drawings of Albrecht Dürer, page 4:
      There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve only to give the needy linear system a value of its own in confrontation with nature.
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