The phrase "augment a number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express the idea of increasing or enhancing a numerical value.
Example: "To improve the results of our experiment, we need to augment the number of samples we collect."
Alternatives: "increase a number" or "enhance a number".
Robust ray casting is used to augment a number of interpolation, finite difference and rendering techniques so that fluid does not leak through the triangulated surface.
In this chapter, we augment a number of detailed reviews on landslide dams by focusing on recent insights into the synchronous and regional-scale emplacement of several dozens to hundreds of landslide dams and their consequences on water and sediment fluxes.
The transcription factor NFATc1 was reported to play an essential role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease and augment a number of inflammation-associated genes.
The Ravens are also bringing an extra security contingent of about six off-duty Maryland-area plainclothes police officers, who will augment an already large number of security personnel provided by the league.
They're looking to score, to augment a total, to change the numbers on the scoreboard.
A look at Independiente's roster provides testimony to this – the guitar bands are augmented by a number of diverse acts.
The core of the Hippo pathway, with several kinases negatively regulating YAP, is augmented by a number of different pathways that provide input into this core cassette, including cellular polarity, cell-to-cell contact, and G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling.
To account for this latter behavior, the early nonlinearity can be augmented in a number of ways (see [ 17] for an example).
Sushi plots can easily be combined and augmented via a number of annotation functions including zoomsregion, zoombox, maptocolor and addlegend, allowing customizable scaling of colors, line types and line widths for flexible quantitative presentation.
Recently, the process of biomarker discovery was augmented by a number of commercial high-throughput pipelines aimed at singling out the molecules differentially expressed between various physiological and pathological states followed by validation of their performance in independent cohorts and true translation from bench to bedside as pre-packaged diagnostic kits.
