Definition of expansion

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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..

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Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion..
Bulb :: Bulb (n.) An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc..
Pyrometer :: Pyrometer (n.) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
Spread :: Spread (n.) Expansion of parts.
Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..
Aliethmoidal :: Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara..
Winged :: Winged (a.) Furnished with wings; transported by flying; having winglike expansions.
Dilation :: Dilation (n.) The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation..
Thallus :: Thallus (n.) A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens..
Anthesis :: Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
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..
Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
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..
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
Dawn :: Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
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