heightening
noun
- act or process of making higher, increasing, raising
adjective
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noun
- The act by which something is heightened or increased.
“For them, there was "an increase in total lymphocyte production, and a higher IG antibody response," among other heightenings.”
“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.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of heighten