Definitions of eXpansion [ɪkˈspæn ʃən]

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Definition of 'eXpansion'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) expansion
the act or process of expanding.

2.  expansion
the state or quality of being expanded.

3.  expansion
the amount or degree of expanding.

4.  expansion
an expanded portion or form of a thing.

5.  expansion
the development at length of an expression indicated in a contracted form, as a²+ 2ab+b² for the expression (a+b)².

6.  expansion
an increase in economic and industrial activity

Etymology: (1605–15; < LL)

Definition of 'eXpansion'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) expansion, enlargement
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

2. (noun) expansion
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
"the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"

3. (noun) expansion, enlargement, elaboration
a discussion that provides additional information

4. (noun) expansion, expanding upon
adding information or detail

Definition of 'eXpansion'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) eXpansion
the act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement

2. (noun) eXpansion
that which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal

3. (noun) eXpansion
space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space

4. (noun) eXpansion
enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes

5. (noun) eXpansion
the developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2

6. (noun) eXpansion
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. (noun) eXpansion
the enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction

Translation of 'eXpansion'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the act or state of expanding the expansion of metals.
Afrikaans: swelling, uitdying, uitse	Arabic: تَوَسُّع ، تَمَدُّد	Bulgarian: разширение
Brazilian: expansão	Czech: roztažení	German: die Ausdehnung
Danish: udvidelse; ekspansion	Greek: επέκταση, διαστολή	Spanish: dilatación, expansión
Estonian: paisumine	Farsi: گسترش؛ انبساط	Finnish: laajeneminen
French: dilatation	Hebrew: הִתרַחֲבוּת	Hindi: प्रसार
Croatian: rastezanje, ekspanzija	Hungarian: kitágítás	Indonesian: pengembangan
Icelandic: þensla	Italian: espansione	Japanese: 拡張
Korean: 확대	Lithuanian: iš(si)plėtimas	Latvian: izplešana; izplešanās; pa
Malay: pengembangan	Dutch: uitzetting, uitbreiding	Norwegian: utviding, utvidelse, utfo
Polish: rozszerzanie (się)	Persian: گسترش؛ انبساط	Pashto: انبساط، توسعه، غځېدنه، خپ
Portuguese: expansão/ampliação	Romanian: dilatare	Russian: расширение
Slovak: rozťažnosť	Slovenian: širjenje	Serbian: proširenje
Swedish: utbredande, expansion	Thai: การขยายออก	Turkish: genişleme
Taiwanese: 擴張	Ukrainian: розширення; експансія	Urdu: توسیع کا عمل
Vietnamese: sự mở rộng	Chinese: 扩张
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