expansion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
3. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
5. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
6. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
7. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
8. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
10. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
11. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.
12. (countable, uncountable) An act, process, or instance of expanding.

Synonyms

extension

enlargement

increase

growth

spread

widening

broadening

spreading

dilation

diffusion

development

magnification

dilatation

amplification

augmentation

expand

elongation

stretching

swelling

expanse

rise

lengthening

expanding

width

increase in size

enlarge

opening

elaboration

extent

distention

aggrandizement

expanding upon

exp

spreading out

stretch

swell

distension

outspread

dissemination

dispersion

blowing

blossoming

diastole

blooming

develop

expansionary

deepening

bellied

expansionist

adaptation

Translations

expansion

Ausdehnung

extension

Erweiterung

espansione

accroissement

expansión

expansão

estensione

Expansion

διαστολή

Ausweitung

expansió

Vergrößerung

επέκταση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈspænʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from French expansion, from Latin expānsiō. By surface analysis, expand + -sion.

Sentences

The set of all such tangency points is called the firm's " expansion path ".