English

Verb

heightening

1. present participle of heighten

Noun

heightening ‎(plural heightenings)

1. The act by which something is heightened or increased.
   • 2003, Gary Null, Germs, Biological Warfare, Vaccinations: What You Need to Know

     For them, there was "an increase in total lymphocyte production, and a higher IG antibody response," among other heightenings.

   • 1970, Heinrich Wölfflin, Drawings of Albrecht Dürer (page 4)

     There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve only to give the needy linear system a value of its own in confrontation with nature.