expansion
Meaning of expansion
noun
- 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.
- (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.
Information about expansion
- It is a name.
- The plural form of expansion is: expansions.
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CatalanHyphenation of expansion
ex-pan-sion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- expansion is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
expansion synonyms
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expansion antonyms
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Translation of expansion
- Spanish: expansión
- Italian: espansione
- French: expansion, développement
- German: Erweiterung
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