elaboration
n 1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying
detail: "a few remarks added in amplification and
defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [syn: {amplification}]
2: the result of improving something; "he described a
refinement of this technique" [syn: {refinement}]
3: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: {elaborateness},
{intricacy}]
4: developing in intricate and painstaking detail [syn: {working
out}]