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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: coefficient of thermal expansion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: temperature coefficient
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
A new addition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: building
Synonyms: annex
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
A product to be used with a previous product.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: steam engines
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience.
The string of text thus substituted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
Ellipsis of expansion pack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
An increase in the market value of an economy over time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
Stretching of geometric objects with flat sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The rewriting of an expression as a longer but equivalent sum of terms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: enlargement
Antonyms: contraction
Broader terms: increase, step-up
Narrower terms: dilation, dilatation, distention, distension, stretching, inflation, magnification, extension
noun
adding information or detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: expanding upon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: increase, step-up
Narrower terms: amplification, elaboration, annotation, annotating, supplementation, subjunction, subjoining
noun
a discussion that provides additional information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: enlargement, elaboration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: discussion, treatment, discourse
Narrower terms: expatiation, embellishment, embroidery
noun
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping
History
Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō. By surface analysis, expand + -sion.
Across languages
86 source translations are retained for this English entry.
