Expansive
[ɪk'spænsɪv;ek-] or [ɪk'spænsɪv]
Definition
(adj.) friendly and open and willing to talk; 'wine made the guest expansive' .
(adj.) marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur .
(adj.) able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion; 'Expansive materials'; 'the expansive force of fire' .
(adj.) of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope; 'an expansive lifestyle'; 'in the grand manner'; 'collecting on a grand scale'; 'heroic undertakings' .
Edited by Blair--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air.
Checker: Williams
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Diffusive.
Edited by Cecilia
Examples
- Poetical, expansive, faithful. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What is the scene, confined or expansive, which her orb does not hallow? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am overwhelming you with money--in my expansive intentions--if you only knew it! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In the Lenair and Hugon system the expansive force of the exploded gas was used directly upon the piston, and through this upon the other moving parts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It follows from this law that the density and tension, and therefore the expansive force of a gas, are proportional to the compressing force to which it is subjected. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This accomplished, we arrive at the definition: Heat is a motion, expansive, restrained, and acting in its strife upon the smaller particles of bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- With Mrs. Bretton she was docile and reliant, but not expansive. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There are two principal ways in which it may be utilized; one is to employ its enormous expansive force to produce mechanical power, and the other is as a refrigerant. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- So he was, in a certain point of view--in his expansive intentions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- In short, he demonstrated for the first time by a practical and efficient engine that the expansive force of steam could be used to drive all ordinary machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Street proposed to drive up the piston by the expansive force of a heated gas, and anticipated many modern ideas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The most conspicuous effect of the expansive power of freezing water is seen in rocky or mountainous regions (Fig. 21). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Edited by Cecilia