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elaboration

1.	(noun) developing in intricate and painstaking detail
	Synonyms: working out
	Related Words: development

2.	(noun) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail: "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed"
	Synonyms: amplification
	Related Words: expanding upon, expansion

3.	(noun) marked by elaborately complex detail
	Synonyms: elaborateness, intricacy
	Related Words: complexity, complexness

4.	(noun) the result of improving something; "he described a refinement of this technique"
	Synonyms: refinement
	Related Words: advance, betterment, improvement