expansion
English
Etymology
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Noun
expansion (countable and uncountable, plural expansions)
- The act or process of expanding.
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
- The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
- A new addition.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- A product to be used with a previous product.
- This expansion requires the original game board.
- That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
- Beattie
- the starred expansion of the skies
- Beattie
- (steam engines) 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.
Antonyms
- (act of expanding): contraction, shrinkage
Derived terms
- expansion cleat
- expansionism
- expansion joint
- expansion pack
- expansion team
Translations
act of expanding
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fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change
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new addition
product to be used with a previous product
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.spɑ̃.sjɔ̃/
Further reading
- “expansion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of expansion | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | expansion | expansionen | expansioner | expansionerna |
| Genitive | expansions | expansionens | expansioners | expansionernas |
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