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Improvement
Improvement Im*prove"ment, n.
1. The act of improving; advancement or growth; promotion in
desirable qualities; progress toward what is better;
melioration; as, the improvement of the mind, of land,
roads, etc.
I look upon your city as the best place of
improvement. --South.
Exercise is the chief source of improvement in all
our faculties. --Blair.
2. The act of making profitable use or applicaton of
anything, or the state of being profitably employed; a
turning to good account; practical application, as of a
doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. ``A
good improvement of his reason.' --S. Clarke.
I shall make some improvement of this doctrine.
--Tillotson.
3. The state of being improved; betterment; advance; also,
that which is improved; as, the new edition is an
improvement on the old.
The parts of Sinon, Camilla, and some few others,
are improvements on the Greek poet. --Addison.
4. Increase; growth; progress; advance.
There is a design of publishing the history of
architecture, with its several improvements and
decays. --Addison.
Those vices which more particularly receive
improvement by prosperity. --South.
5. pl. Valuable additions or betterments, as buildings,
clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
6. (Patent Laws) A useful addition to, or modification of, a
machine, manufacture, or composition. --Kent.
Meaning of Improvement from wikipedia
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Improvement is the
process of a
thing moving from one
state to a
state considered to be better,
usually through some
action intended to
bring about that...
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improvement is the
improvement in the signal-to-noise
ratio of the high-frequency
portion of the baseband, i.e.,
modulating signal,
which improvement...
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Performance improvement is
measuring the
output of a
particular business process or procedure, then
modifying the
process or
procedure to
increase the...
- A
continual improvement process, also
often called a
continuous improvement process (abbreviated as CIP or CI), is an
ongoing effort to
improve products...
- Home
Improvement is an
American television sitcom starring Tim
Allen that
aired on ABC from
September 17, 1991, to May 25, 1999, with a
total of 204 half-hour...
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Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI)
occurs when an
injured person reaches a
state where their condition cannot be
improved further or
their healing process...
- A home
improvement center, home
improvement store, or home
center is a
retail store that
combines the
functions of a
hardware store with
those of a lumber...
- home
improvement, home
renovation or
remodeling is the
process of renovating,
making improvements or
making additions to one's home. Home
improvement can...
- A ZIP Code (an
acronym for Zone
Improvement Plan) is a
system of
postal codes used by the
United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen...
- A
business improvement district (BID) is a
defined area
within which businesses elect to pay an
additional fee (or ****essment) in
order to fund projects...