dilation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of dilating.
2. (countable, uncountable) State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Delay.
4. (countable, uncountable) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Concepts

dilatation

extension

amplification

Synonymes

dilatation

expansion

distension

widening

broadening

amplification

enlarge

enlargement

extension

expatiation

diastatole

expand

augmentation

expatiate

extend

explain in detail

growing

unpack

widen

wideness

amplify

dilate

diastole

distention

Traductions

dilatación

estensione

dilatazione

διαστολή

Erweiterung

dilatação

genleşme

dilatació

Dehnung

Dilatation

amplificación

έκταση

Volumendehnung

uitbreiding

dilatatie

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/daɪˈleɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.