Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who enhances; one who or that which carries to a greater degree or a higher point.
Wiktionary
- n. Something that enhances
- n. genetics A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who enhances; one who, or that which, raises the amount, price, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
Etymologies
- enhance + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Water as a choreography enhancer is the new smoke machine.”
The Washington Post: Mexican troupe's trite take on female sexuality
“Yes, Macchio wore a prosthetic rear enhancer, aka Butt Booster, to turn his shapeless backside into a salsa-ready rump.”
“Create Flavours has developed a new natural tomato enhancer, which is said to be ideally suited to supporting essential tomato notes in a range of food products.”
“More seriously, this chemical is also a penetration enhancer, meaning that it increases the absorption of cosmeceutical ingredients through the skin.”
Samuel S. Epstein: Anti-Aging and Anti-Wrinkling Skin Care Products: Cosmeceuticals
“Functional analysis of the gene revealed the presence of an 'enhancer', a stretch of DNA where regulatory proteins can bind to help ratchet up expression levels, surrounding one of the variants identified in this initial screen.”
“Have you ever installed any third party "enhancer" hacks that do anything to the Dock?”
“I don't have any "enhancer" programs installed that I know of, but re-installing Leopard seems to be the Apple-recommended fix for this known problem.”
“Heavy magazine readers are twice as likely than the average to see advertising as an 'enhancer' to the magazine experience”
“But here's the question: If it tastes great and is apparently still being manufactured, why doesn't it hold the post position in American culture, at the very pinnacle of the chocolate milk enhancer/emulsifier category pyramid?”
“June 08, 2009 at 11: 54 PM though technically not a copying enhancer, when i need to copy many files i turn to syncback. again, not for everyday use, but if you run into that scenario once a month or so, it certainly does the job (runs in the background, provides a log of errors, etc) drsoumunblocked”
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