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dilation
/daɪˈleɪʃən/
noun 4
Collocations
2ADJ.
interesting, small
VERB + DILATION
called, time
Definitions
noun
1
The act of dilating.
2
State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
3
Delay.
The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
4
In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
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Synonyms
noun — the act of expanding an aperture
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The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart o
Wiktionary02
Time dilation is an interesting phenomenon.
Tatoeba · #854309503
This effect is called time dilation.
Tatoeba · #10920117Usage Notes
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