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1.NounAn act, process, or instance of expanding."The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.; Look up the expansion of 1018 steel at stick welding temps and figure out how far this thing's gonna bend once we weld it up.; My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.; This expansion requires the original game board.; Expansion of acronyms is often helpful for nonexpert readers (anacronyms excluded).; The acronym "FNDs" can mean either "functional neurologic disorders" or "focal neurologic deficits", so you'd better use the expansion instead of the acronym, for clarity in this context; readers of this paragraph may not have read, or remember, which definition you used 40 pages earlier."
2.NounThe fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change."Look up the expansion of 1018 steel at stick welding temps and figure out how far this thing's gonna bend once we weld it up."
3.NounA new addition."My new office is in the expansion behind the main building."
4.NounA product to be used with a previous product."This expansion requires the original game board."
5.NounThat which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
6.NounThe 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.NounThe replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience."Expansion of acronyms is often helpful for nonexpert readers (anacronyms excluded).; The acronym "FNDs" can mean either "functional neurologic disorders" or "focal neurologic deficits", so you'd better use the expansion instead of the acronym, for clarity in this context; readers of this paragraph may not have read, or remember, which definition you used 40 pages earlier."
8.NounThe string of text thus substituted."The acronym "FNDs" can mean either "functional neurologic disorders" or "focal neurologic deficits", so you'd better use the expansion instead of the acronym, for clarity in this context; readers of this paragraph may not have read, or remember, which definition you used 40 pages earlier."
9.NounEllipsis of expansion pack.
10.NounAn increase in the market value of an economy over time.
11.NounStretching of geometric objects with flat sides.
12.NounThe rewriting of an expression as a longer but equivalent sum of terms.