elaboration
(noun)
noun
1. addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- an elaboration of the sketch followed
Similar word(s): amplification
Definition categories: act, expansion
2. the result of improving something
Similar word(s): refinement
Definition categories: event, advance, betterment, improvement
3. a discussion that provides additional information
Similar word(s): enlargement, expansion
Definition categories: communication, discourse, discussion, treatment
4. marked by elaborately complex detail
Similar word(s): elaborateness, intricacy, involution
Definition categories: attribute, complexity, complexness
5. developing in intricate and painstaking detail
Definition categories: act, development