elaboration
     n 1: addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying
          detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and
          defense"; "an elaboration of the idea followed" [syn: {amplification}]
     2: the result of improving something; "he described a
        refinement of this technique" [syn: {refinement}]
     3: a discussion that provides additional information [syn: {expansion},
         {enlargement}]
     4: marked by elaborately complex detail [syn: {elaborateness},
        {intricacy}, {involution}]
     5: developing in intricate and painstaking detail [syn: {working
        out}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0