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expansion

EXPAN'SION, n. [L. expansio.] The act of expanding or spreading out.

1. The state of being expanded; the enlargement of surface or bulk; dilatation. We apply expansion to surface, as the expansion of a sheet or of a lake, and to bulk, as the expansion of fluids or metals by heat; but not to a line or length without breadth.

2. Extent; space to which any thing is enlarged; also, pure space or distance between remote bodies.

3. Enlargement; as the expansion of the heart or affections.


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EXPAN'SION, n. [L. expansio.] The act of expanding or spreading out.

1. The state of being expanded; the enlargement of surface or bulk; dilatation. We apply expansion to surface, as the expansion of a sheet or of a lake, and to bulk, as the expansion of fluids or metals by heat; but not to a line or length without breadth.

2. Extent; space to which any thing is enlarged; also, pure space or distance between remote bodies.

3. Enlargement; as the expansion of the heart or affections.

EX-PAN'SION, n. [L. expansio.]

  1. The act of expanding or spreading out.
  2. The state of being expanded; the enlargement of surface or bulk; dilatation. We apply expansion to surface, as the expansion of a sheet or of a lake, and to bulk, as the expansion of fluids or metals by heat; but not to a line or length without breadth.
  3. Extent; space to which any thing is enlarged; also, pure space or distance between remote bodies.
  4. Enlargement; as, the expansion of the heart or affections.
  5. In commerce, an increase of issues of bank notes.

Ex*pan"sion
  1. The act of expanding or spreading out] the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
  2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

    The starred expansion of the skies. Beattie.

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

    Lost in expansion, void and infinite. Blackmore.

  4. Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
  5. The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
  6. 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.
  7. The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

    Ham. Nav. Encyc.

    * Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion joint, expansion gear, etc.

    Expansion curve, a curve the coördinates of which show the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of the steam as it expands in the cylinder. -- Expansion gear (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust. of Link motion. -- Automatic expansion gear or cut-off, one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power. -- Fixed expansion gear, or Fixed cut-off, one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke. -- Expansion joint, or Expansion coupling (Mech. *** Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is prevented from causing injurious strains] as: (a) A slide or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss, to support it but allow end play. (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part of the pipe to slide within the other. (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion. -- Expansion valve (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.

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Expansion

EXPAN'SION, noun [Latin expansio.] The act of expanding or spreading out.

1. The state of being expanded; the enlargement of surface or bulk; dilatation. We apply expansion to surface, as the expansion of a sheet or of a lake, and to bulk, as the expansion of fluids or metals by heat; but not to a line or length without breadth.

2. Extent; space to which any thing is enlarged; also, pure space or distance between remote bodies.

3. Enlargement; as the expansion of the heart or affections.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

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