What does expansion mean?
Definitions for expansion
ɪkˈspæn ʃənex·pan·sion
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Princeton's WordNet
expansion, enlargementnoun
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
expansionnoun
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
"the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"
expansion, enlargement, elaborationnoun
a discussion that provides additional information
expansion, expanding uponnoun
adding information or detail
GCIDE
Expansionnoun
an enlarged or extended version of something, such as a writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an expansion of the lecture she gave.
Expansionnoun
(Economics & Commmerce) an increase in the production of goods and services over time, and in the volume of business transactions, generally associated with an increase in employment and an increase in the money supply. Opposite of contraction.
Wiktionary
expansionnoun
The act or process of expanding.
The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
expansionnoun
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
expansionnoun
A new addition.
My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
expansionnoun
A product to be used with a previous product.
"This expansion requires the original game-board."
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Expansionnoun
Etymology: from expand.
’Tis demonstrated that the condensation and expansion of any portion of the air is always proportional to the weight and pressure incumbent upon it. Richard Bentley, Sermons.
The easy expansion of the wing of a bird, and the lightness, strength, and shape of the feathers, are all fitted for her better flight. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmolog. Sac. b. i. c. 5.
The capacious mind of man takes its flight farther than the stars, and cannot be confined by the limits of the world: it extends its thoughts often even beyond the utmost expansion of matter, and makes excursions into that incomprehensible inane. John Locke.
Distance or space, in its simple abstract conception, I call expansion, to distinguish it from extension, which expresses this distance only as it is in the solid parts of matter. John Locke.
It would for ever take an useless flight,
Lost in expansion, void and infinite. Richard Blackmore, Creation.
ChatGPT
expansion
Expansion refers to the act or process of increasing, enlarging, or widening something, whether it's physical, economic, or symbolic. This can pertain to various fields, such as mathematics, physics, commerce, and technology. The term essentially denotes growth or extension in size, volume, quantity, or scope.
Webster Dictionary
Expansionnoun
the act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement
Expansionnoun
that which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal
Expansionnoun
space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space
Expansionnoun
enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes
Expansionnoun
the developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2
Expansionnoun
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
Expansionnoun
the enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction
Etymology: [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]
Wikidata
Expansion
In geometry, expansion is a polytope operation where facets are separated and moved radially apart, and new facets are formed at separated elements. Equivalently this operation can be imagined by keeping facets in the same position but reducing their size. According to Coxeter, this multidimensional term was defined by Alicia Boole Stott for creating new polytopes, specifically starting from regular polytopes to construct new uniform polytopes. The expansion operation is symmetric with respect to a regular polytope and its dual. The resulting figure contains the facets of both the regular and its dual, along with various prismatic facets filling the gaps created between intermediate dimensional elements. It has somewhat different meanings by dimension. In a Wythoff construction, an expansion is generated by reflections from the first and last mirrors. By dimension: ⁕A regular {p} polygon expands into a regular 2n-gon. ⁕The operation is identical to truncation for polygons, t0,1{p} and has Coxeter-Dynkin diagram . ⁕A regular {p,q} polyhedron expands into a polyhedron with vertex figure p.4.q.4. ⁕This operation for polyhedra is also called cantellation, t0,2{p,q}, and has Coxeter-Dynkin diagram .For example, a rhombicuboctahedron can be called an expanded cube, expanded octahedron, as well as a cantellated cube or cantellated octahedron.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
EXPANSION
A combination of Grand Larceny and Piracy, involving the destruction of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.--Boston. The benevolent assimilation of previously oppressed peoples--Washington, D.C. A doubtful commercial experiment.--Wall Street. The white man's burden.--Kipling.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'expansion' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2817
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'expansion' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4055
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'expansion' in Nouns Frequency: #1199
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of expansion in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of expansion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of expansion in a Sentence
While we expect to see a pickup (in growth) next year, trade tensions, geopolitical risks, political instability are among the challenges, we agreed we need to act promptly to protect the expansion.
That means a dramatic expansion and reform of unemployment insurance ; we need unemployment insurance on steroids, some are calling it employment insurance.It must be easier to access. It must cover many more Americans during this crisis, including Americans who have non-traditional employment. And it must provide more generous benefits. Workers who are laid off should receive a paycheck equal to what they were receiving while employed. Workers must be protected whether they work for businesses small, medium or large. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats have also proposed including additional $ 200 per month of Social Security benefits for recipients, as well as to suspend all student loan payments throughout the entirety of the national emergency. President Trump, on Friday, announced that he would suspend all federal student loan payments, penalty and interest free, for at least the next 60 days. Despite the disagreements from GOP senators, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats are.
It's not just our machines or our people that we send into space. It's our values. It's who we are. It's things like rule of law, democracy, human rights, and a free market economy i see Artemis and our human expansion into space as a projection of our American values. It's about diplomatically shaping this new domain that we depend on.
All nations in Europe had reduced this emergency expansion over the course of the summer, and now as the outbreak gets worse again, then different countries are using their armed forces again to assist with planning response and augmenting capacity, particularly in terms of testing.
As long as the Fed raises rates because there is economic expansion and not because of inflation, it is a positive for equities because that means corporations can continue to grow earnings.
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- توسيع, توسع, تمددArabic
- разширение, разширяванеBulgarian
- ExpansionGerman
- διαστολή, επέκτασηGreek
- ekspansioEsperanto
- expansión, dilataciónSpanish
- laajennus, lisäosa, lämpölaajeneminen, laajentuminenFinnish
- expansionFrench
- leatachtIrish
- terjeszkedés, kiegészítőHungarian
- espansioneItalian
- 拡張, 展開, 拡大Japanese
- 擴張, 확장Korean
- expansionemLatin
- ekspansjaPolish
- expansãoPortuguese
- expansiuneRomanian
- расширение, экспансияRussian
- tillbyggnad, utbyggnad, tillägg, expansion, utvidgningSwedish
- விரிவாக்கம்Tamil
- genişlemeTurkish
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