Definition of Expansion

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Expansion

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.

Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.

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

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.

The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

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Expansion Quotations

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning.
Anais Nin

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.
Everett Dirksen

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential.
Bruce Lee

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
Rand Beers

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

Love is the total absence of fear. Love asks no questions. Its natural state is one of extension and expansion, not comparison and measurement.
Gerald Jampolsky

The ideology of capitalism makes us all into connoisseurs of liberty - of the indefinite expansion of possibility.
Susan Sontag

Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.
Dee Hock

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Expansion Translations

expansion in Danish is udvidelse
expansion in Dutch is uitzetting, expansie
expansion in French is expansion, extension
expansion in German is Erweiterung {f}, Erweiterung, Ausdehnung {f}
expansion in Italian is estensione
expansion in Norwegian is utbredelse, utvidelse
expansion in Swedish is utbredning

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