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}]