Expansion

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.

II. Expansion ·noun The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

III. Expansion ·noun The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.

IV. Expansion ·noun Enlargement or extension of business transactions; ·esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

V. Expansion ·noun That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

VI. Expansion ·noun The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

VII. Expansion ·noun 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.

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