expansion
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noun
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
[…] 1919, a time when African American hopes for a just future following their service in World War I were dashed by violent reassertions of white supremacy, including the efflorescence and expansion of the KKK into the Midwestern and northwestern U.S.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
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.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
This expansion requires the original game board.
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
Mother of mighty Rome's imperial line, / Delight of man, and of the powers divine, / Venus, all-bounteous queen! whose genial power / Diffuses beauty in unbounded store / Through seas, and fertile plains, and all that lies / Beneath the starred expansion of the skies.