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Definition of Improvements

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 Improvements from wikipedia

- improvement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. "To improve education, improvements needed inside and outside the classroom". The Hill. 30 June 2014....
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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...
- home improvement, home renovation or remodeling is the process of renovating, making improvements or making additions to one's home. Home improvement can...
- Internal improvements is the term used historically in the United States for public works from the end of the American Revolution through much of the 19th...
- Home Improvements is the sixth studio album by Melbourne band My Friend the Chocolate Cake. The album was released in 2007. (All lyrics by David Bridie...
- Boards of improvement commissioners were ad hoc urban local government boards created during the 18th and 19th centuries in the United Kingdom of Great...
- Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!, video game based on the TV series "Home Improvement", an episode of Beavis and Butt-head Home Improvements, a 2007...
- Room for Improvement may refer to: Room for Improvement (mixtape), a music compilation by Canadian artist Drake Room for Improvement (TV series), a 2003...
- continual improvement processes. Also, continual improvement processes in environmental management systems is not limited to small, incremental improvements as...