Elaboration is the act of adding more information to existing information to create a more complex, emergent whole. It may also refer to:
Music
Elaboration, a type of variation (music) Prolongation, a central principle in the music-analytic methodology of Schenkerian analysis Elaborating instruments, or panerusan in Indonesian gamelan music
Albums
Elaborations, a 1982 Arthur Blythe album
Elaboration of Particulars, a 2021 album by Tony Oxley and Alan Davie
Elaborations of Carbon, the 2002 debut album by the Yob (band)
Other uses
Progressive elaboration, a process for creating a work breakdown structure in project management Conceptual elaboration, the Buddhist concept of conceptual proliferation Elaboration likelihood model, a psychological theory on the change of attitudes Elaboration principle, a process of recruiting new members into a group
See also
Centre for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies, a laboratory in Toulouse, France Elaborate Bytes, the Swiss software development company behind CloneDVD The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a 2009 play by Kristoffer Diaz Operation Elaborate, the codename of the 2022 iSpoof fraud investigation Elaborative interrogation, the use of explanations to help remember information Elaborative encoding, a different mnemonic system