Expansion
[ɪk'spænʃ(ə)n;ek-] or [ɪk'spænʃən]
Definition
(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'.
Checker: Terrance--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Editor: Val
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Expanding, spreading, opening.[2]. Dilatation, distension, swelling.[3]. Enlargement, increase, diffusion.[4]. Extent, expanse.
Typist: Sonia
Unserious Contents or Definition
A combination of Grand Larceny and Piracy, involving the destruction of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.—Boston.
Edited by Ethelred
Examples
- 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. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He said to the doctor: 'I wish you would take my lung expansion, too. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- 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. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- 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. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Her engines are of the twin screw, vertical triple expansion direct acting inverted cylinder type. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Turkish conquests and the expansion of the known world robbed the Roman Empire of its former prestige of universality. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- 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. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The compromise of Camillus (367 B.C.) had put an end to internal dissensions, and left her energies free for expansion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Amount of Expansion and Contraction. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- 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. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Less conspicuous but still eminently useful were his discoveries and labours in other directions, in the expansion of gases, evaporation, steam, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Frazer still await a thorough critical examination, and to his works the reader must go for the indefatigable expansion of this idea. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The space interposed between myself and them partook of that expansion, and our marshes were any distance off. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The substance on whose expansion the working of the instrument depends is a strip of some material extremely sensitive to heat, such as vulcanite. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The contractions and expansions set in motion the clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In fact, Boyle had sustained the hypothesis that supposes the pressures and expansions to be in reciprocal proportions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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