Definition of expansion

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Expansion (n.) 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..

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Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement..
Inexpansible :: Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension..
Rhamphorhynchus :: Rhamphorhynchus (n.) A genus of pterodactyls in which the elongated tail supported a leathery expansion at the tip.
Frondose :: Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Augmentation :: Augmentation (n.) The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase..
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..
Leaf-footed :: Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)..
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space..
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5..
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..
Anthesis :: Anthesis (n.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower.
Plant :: Plant (n.) A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule..
Pulmograde :: Pulmograde (a.) Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae..
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..
Coefficient :: Coefficient (n.) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction..
Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..
Spongiolite :: Spongiole (n.) A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.
Expansion :: Expansion (n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes..
Dawn :: Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
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