Definition of expansion

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Expansion (n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Vagina :: Vagina (n.) The basal expansion of certain leaves, which inwraps the stem; a sheath..
Dilatation :: Dilatation (n.) The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al/ sides; the state of being dilated; dilation.
Anthesis :: Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Alinasal :: Alinasal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
Bellows :: Bellows (n. sing. & pl.) An instrument, utensil, or machine, which, by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind..
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection..
Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction..
Aliseptal :: Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
Dilatometer :: Dilatometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid..
Apterous :: Apterous (a.) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate..
Diffusiveness :: Diffusiveness (n.) The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
Vision :: Vision (v.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve..
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space..
Aliethmoidal :: Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2..
Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal..
Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
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