Definition of expansion

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Expansion (n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction..

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Intumescence :: Intumescence (n.) The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement..
Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam..
Patagium :: Patagium (n.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body..
Dawn :: Dawn (n.) First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise.
Diastole :: Diastole (n.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or contraction..
Thermostat :: Thermostat (n.) A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired..
Diffusiveness :: Diffusiveness (n.) The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse; extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style: Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
Expansion :: Expansion (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..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Any membranaceous expansion, as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of the kind called samara..
Leaf-footed :: Leaf-footed (a.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; -- said of certain insects; as, the leaf-footed bug (Leptoglossus phyllopus)..
Inflation :: Inflation (n.) Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency..
Augmentation :: Augmentation (n.) The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase..
Coefficient :: Coefficient (n.) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction..
Dilatometer :: Dilatometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid..
Dicrotic :: Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave..
Extension :: Extension (v. t.) The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
Enlargement :: Enlargement (n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection..
Inexpansible :: Inexpansible (a.) Incapable of expansion, enlargement, or extension..
Expander :: Expander (n.) Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc..
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