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Definition of Expansion

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. Related Definitions: Act, After, Also, An, Anything, As, Bank, Been, Being, Boiler, Building, Business, By, Circulation, Communication, Condition, Construction, Cut, Cylinder, Developed, Dilation, Drawing, Enlargement, Exert, Expanded, Expanding, Expanse, Expansion, Extend, Extension, Formed, From, Full, Has, In, Increase, Indicated, Is, It, Lake, Metal, Model, Moving, Of, Off, Operation, Or, Out, Piston, Pressure, Process, Pure, Result, Sheet, Ship, Size, Space, Spreading, Steam, Surface, That, The, Through, To, Upon, Was, Which, With

Expansion Quotations Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. Larry Elder We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. Bill Frist There is nothing left now for us but to get ever deeper and deeper into debt to the banking system in order to provide the increasing amounts of money the nation requires for its expansion and growth. Frederick Soddy 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

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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