Expansion
[ɪk'spænʃ(ə)n;ek-] or [ɪk'spænʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
(noun.) adding information or detail.
(noun.) a discussion that provides additional information.
(noun.) a function expressed as a sum or product of terms; 'the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2'.
編輯:特伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
(n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
(n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
(n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
(n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
(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.
(n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
校對:瓦珥
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Expanding, spreading, opening.[2]. Dilatation, distension, swelling.[3]. Enlargement, increase, diffusion.[4]. Extent, expanse.
校對:索尼亚
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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例句/造句/用法:
- This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He said to the doctor: 'I wish you would take my lung expansion, too. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- They are put together with a double-lapped spiral seam to give expansion-resisting qualities, and as an additional precaution small metal rings are slipped on the outside. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If this extra cool air is used for cooling another batch of air under pressure, the latter upon expansion becomes still colder than the first batch expanded. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Equally momentous were the times in Europe, where the attempt to secure opportunities of expansion as well as larger liberty for the individual took quite different form. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The compromise of Camillus (367 B.C.) had put an end to internal dissensions, and left her energies free for expansion. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Amount of Expansion and Contraction. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- When fuel is placed in an open fireplace (Fig. 12) and lighted, the air immediately surrounding the fire becomes warmer and, because of expansion, becomes lighter than the cold air above. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Less conspicuous but still eminently useful were his discoveries and labours in other directions, in the expansion of gases, evaporation, steam, etc. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Frazer still await a thorough critical examination, and to his works the reader must go for the indefatigable expansion of this idea. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The space interposed between myself and them partook of that expansion, and our marshes were any distance off. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The substance on whose expansion the working of the instrument depends is a strip of some material extremely sensitive to heat, such as vulcanite. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The contractions and expansions set in motion the clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- In fact, Boyle had sustained the hypothesis that supposes the pressures and expansions to be in reciprocal proportions. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
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