Meaning of expansion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act, process, or instance of expanding.
   countable, uncountable
2. An act, process, or instance of expanding
3. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
   countable, uncountable
4. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change
5. to make or grow larger; to spread out wider. Metals expand when heated; He does exercises to expand his chest; The school's activities have been expanded to include climbing and mountaineering. uitbrei يُوَسِّع، يُمَدِّد разширявам expandir rozšířit, roztáhnout ausdehnen udvide sig; udvikle; ekspandere επεκτείνω, επεκτείνομαι, διευρύνω, διευρύνομαι, αναπτύσσω, αναπτύσσομαιampliar, aumentar, dilatar, crecer laiendama, laienema گسترده کردن؛ پهن کردن laajentua dilater; développer לְהַרחֵיב फैल ज...
6. A new addition.
   countable, uncountable
7. A new addition
8. a wide area or extent. an expanse of water. uitgestrektheid إمْتِداد، إتّساع шир extensão rozloha weite Fläche vidde; flade έκτασηextensión avarus گستره lakeus étendueמרחב फैलाव prostranstvo, protezanje kiterjedés tempat luas víðátta distesa 広がり 넓게 퍼짐 platybės plašums luas terbentang uitgestrektheidflate, viddeobszar پراخوالى، وسعت extensão întindere простор rozloha prostranstvo prostranstvo vidd, vid yta พื้นที่กว้างขวาง geniş alan 廣闊，浩瀚 простір; широчінь وسعت dải rộng 广阔（的区域）
9. A product to be used with a previous product.
   countable, uncountable
10. A product to be used with a previous product
11. the act or state of expanding. the expansion of metals. swelling, uitdying, uitsetting تَوَسُّع ، تَمَدُّد разширение expansão roztažení die Ausdehnung udvidelse; ekspansion επέκταση, διαστολήdilatación, expansión paisumine گسترش؛ انبساط laajeneminen dilatationהתרחבות प्रसार rastezanje, ekspanzija kitágítás pengembangan þensla espansione 拡張 확대 iš(si)plėtimas izplešana; izplešanās; paplašināšana; paplašināšanās pengembangan uitzetting, uitbreidingutviding, utvidelse, utfoldelse rozszerzanie (s...
12. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
    countable, uncountable
13. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface
14. expansión, extensión, ensanche.
15. 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.
    countable, uncountable
16. The act or process of expanding: the new nation's expansion westward.
17. The replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience.
    countable, uncountable
18. An expanded part: an expansion of a river.
19. The string of text thus substituted.
    countable, uncountable
20. The extent or amount by which something has expanded.
21. Ellipsis of expansion pack.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
22. Mathematics a. A quantity written in an extended form, such as in a sum or product of terms.
    Mathematics
23. An increase in the market value of an economy over time.
    countable, uncountable
24. An expanse.
25. Stretching of geometric objects with flat sides.
    countable, uncountable
26. A period of increased economic or business activity.
27. The rewriting of an expression as a longer but equivalent sum of terms.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.”

“[…] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.”

“Look up the expansion of 1018 steel at stick welding temps and figure out how far this thing's gonna bend once we weld it up.”

“My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.”

“This expansion requires the original game board.”

“Mother of mighty Rome's imperial line, / Delight of man, and of the powers divine, / Venus, all-bounteous queen! whose genial power / Diffuses beauty in unbounded store / Through seas, and fertile plains, and all that lies / Beneath the starred expansion of the skies.”

“Expansion of acronyms is often helpful for nonexpert readers (anacronyms excluded).”

“The acronym "FNDs" can mean either "functional neurologic disorders" or "focal neurologic deficits", so you'd better use the expansion instead of the acronym, for clarity in this context; readers of this paragraph may not have read, or remember, which definition you used 40 pages earlier.”

“Secondly, the cyclical expansion now taking shape in the United States is starting from a relatively high level; it has much less headroom than earlier expansions that began from a deeply deflated recession base.”

“In addition, new technologies are adopted which are less labour-using, thus unemploying workers. Over the postwar years, factors of this sort have contributed to a gradual upward drift in unemployment rates, even during expansions.”

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