Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of expansion is as below...

Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2..

Inflation :: Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency..

Pyrometer :: Pyrometer (n.) An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..

Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.

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..

Aliseptal :: Aliseptal (a.) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.

Frondose :: Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.

Wing :: Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara..

Dawn :: Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.

Stylops :: Stylopodium (n.) An expansion at the base of the style, as in umbelliferous plants..

Anthesis :: Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.

Patagium :: Patagium (n.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body..

Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space..

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..

Dicrotic :: Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave..

Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

Random Fonts

Most Popular