noun
Meaning 1
The act of dilating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dilation
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK, US: /daɪˈleɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: D AY2 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up, deferment, delay, dilation, detain, hinder, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, holdoff, postponement, prorogation, respite, retard
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the act of expanding an aperture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dilation of the pupil of the eye
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dilatation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expansion, enlargement
Narrower terms: vasodilation, mydriasis
noun
Meaning 6
a lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discussion, treatment, discourse
History
Etymology
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: dilatació — act of dilating
- French: dilatation — act of dilating
- Galician: dilatación — act of dilating
- Hungarian: tágítás — act of dilating
- Hungarian: kitágítás — act of dilating
- Irish: leathadh — act of dilating
- Portuguese: dilatação — act of dilating
- Russian: дилатация (dilatacija) — act of dilating
- Spanish: dilatación — act of dilating
- Turkish: dilatasyon — act of dilating
- Galician: dilatación — state of being dilated
- Hungarian: tágulás — state of being dilated
- Hungarian: kitágulás — state of being dilated
- Hungarian: tágulat — state of being dilated
- Irish: leathadh — state of being dilated
- Portuguese: dilatação — state of being dilated