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Enhancement

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Enhancement may refer to:

Human body enhancement

  • Breast enhancement, breast enlargement or contouring
  • Cleavage enhancement, an increase in the definition of breast cleavage
  • Contrast enhancement, enhancement of the contrast of structures or fluids within the body in medical imaging after administration of a contrast medium.
  • Genetic enhancement, the use of genetic engineering to modify a person's nonpathological human traits
  • Human enhancement, augmentation of the human body to increase capability
  • Male enhancement, a euphemism for penis enlargement

Image enhancement

Acoustical signal enhancement

  • Acoustic enhancement, the augmentation of direct, reflected, or reverberant sound waves without resorting to electronic sound reinforcement
  • Blip enhancement, an electronic warfare technique used to fool radar
  • Forensic audio enhancement, the scientific analysis and improvement of audio clarity, especially to improve intelligibility
  • Orchestral enhancement, using orchestration techniques, architecture, or electronic sound reinforcement to modify the sound of a live musical performance
  • Speech enhancement, the improvement of speech quality via audio signal processing

Software enhancement

  • Progressive enhancement, a web application design that provides a usable experience to users of a broad spectrum of web browsers, but gives additional features to users of more sophisticated web browsers
  • Software enhancement, a proposed or newly added software feature
  • Web enhancement, official downloadable content published via the World Wide Web for a video game

Other uses

  • Antibody-dependent enhancement, an increase in viral infection facilitated by the host's own antibodies
  • Diamond enhancement, a treatment that improves the gemological characteristics of a natural diamond
  • Hydrogen fuel enhancement, adding hydrogen to conventional hydrocarbon fuel in an attempt to improve the fuel economy and/or power output of an internal combustion engine
  • Input enhancement, a technique for teaching a language to non-native speakers
  • Seed enhancement, pre-sowing treatment to improve seed performance
  • Self-enhancement, an overly positive self-assessment
  • Sexual enhancement, sex toy

See also

  • Enhance (disambiguation)
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