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Definitions: Expansion |
ExpansionNoun1. The act of increasing in size or volume or quantity or scope. 2. An interpretation that provides additional information. 3. Adding information or detail. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "expansion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1517. (references) |
Etymology: Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, noun. [Latin expression expansio: compare to the French expression expansion.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
19th Century Satire | A combination of Grand Larceny and Piracy, involving the destruction of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence.-- Boston. The benevolent assimilation of previously oppressed peoples.--Washington, D.C. A doubtful commercial experiment.--Wall Stre. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Post & Telecom | A configuration wherein the number of inlets into the switching stage is smaller than the number of outlets. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A process of expanding the ratio between signals derived from white portions of the picture and those derived from the black portions of the picture. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Automatic increase, according to a specified law, of the variation of the mean level of a signal, e. g. in order to restore the original form of the signal after it has been subjected to compression. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| An alteration of tones in a received picture in which a portion of the tone range of the original occupies more of the tone range in the received picture. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The process of expanding the ratio between signals derived from white portions of the picture and those derived from black portions of the picture. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| EXLIB | English | EXpansion of European LIBrary systems for the visually handicapped | Computing, Information |
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Synonyms: ExpansionSynonyms: elaboration (n), enlargement (n), expanding upon (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Calefaction | Thermal expansion; coefficient of expansion. |
Copy | Derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition; (repetition). |
Exaggeration | Noun: exaggeration; expansion; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura; extravagance; (nonsense); Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry |
Expansion | Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation. |
Increase | Noun: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation; (expansion); increment, accretion; accession; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent; exaggeration exacerbation; spread; (dispersion); flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit. |
Rarity | Rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization. |
Redundancy | Noun: redundancy, redundance; too much, too many; superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation; nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness; profusion; (plenty); repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share; more than enough; plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener; turgescence; (expansion); overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow; inundation; (water); avalanche. |
Space | Noun: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread. |
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Movie/TV Titles | MechWarrior 2 Expansion Pack: Ghost Bear's Legacy (1995) L' Expansion du village (1990) | |
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 | Tape contact at middle of comparator Basically calibrating steel tapes - first use of steel measuring tapes by C&GS Nine bases being measured on 98th Meridian by base line party under A.L. Baldwin Fig. No. 15, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 260 Work done at night to reduce expansion and contraction of steel tape.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | After making contact, the forward end of tape is moved ahead Note lantern and flashlight - these operations were conducted at night Relatively constant night temperatures minimized expansion of tape Fig. No. 12, Appendix No. 3, Report of Superintendent ... 1901, p. 258.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Proportional dividers designed to give a scale reduction of either 1/2 or an expansion of 2 times the original scale depending on the need. In: "Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I[-IV] ..." by Schwenter, Daniel, 1585-1636. Vol. I, page 79. Published posthumously in 1641.Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Plate 3. Clement metallic thermometer - cross sectional schematic of the model at the Oceanographic Museum at Monaco. The model at the museum was constructed by Negretti and Zambra in 1912 after the original made in 1839 by Leander Clement, the clock maker of Rochefort. The thermometer functioned by comparing the expansion (or contraction) of two strips of different types of metal.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Figure 62. Breguet-Saxton metallic thermometer first invented about 1817 by the instrument maker Louis Abraham Breguet. The first of this type was composed of platinum, silver, and gold with the silver placed in the center. Differential expansion of the metals provided the temperature measurement. In 1848, Joseph Saxton made a similar one for the U. S. Coast Survey but it was inaccurate.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.Credit: NPS. |
 | Halftone reproduction of a photograph of the ship's triple expansion steam engine, circa 1918. This machinery was constructed by the W. & A. Fletcher Company for installation in the ship, which was launched at Brown's shipyard, Staten Island, New York, on 8 February 1919. Copied from "The Rudder" magazine, June 1919, page 285.Credit: NAVY. |  | Expansion & contraction.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Marine engines made by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., a triple expansion.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Production. Copper. A closeup of a disc-type filter showing how the dried copper concentrate is broken by expansion of the filter and then discharged. This filter unit is at the Arthur plant of the Utah Copper Company.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
E. J. Hobsbawm | As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports. |
W. Winwood Reade | Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness. |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This expansion causes the headaches and visual disturbances that are often symptoms of acromegaly. (references) | |
A longer expansion is associated with an earlier age of onset and a more severe form of the disease. (references) | ||
Friedreich's ataxia is the first known recessive genetic disease that is caused by a triplet repeat expansion. (references) | ||
Business | The trend for expansion across national borders continues. (references) | |
Skavsta has already embarked on an ambitious expansion program. (references) | ||
The gray market has seen significant expansion during recent times. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Taiwan | Recent expansion projects sought to relieve overcrowded conditions. (references) |
Vietnam | The decree allows expansion of the number of ISP's, including enterprises from the private sector. (references) | |
Nigeria | The NBC also challenged expansion plans by African Independent Television (AIT), a part of Daar Communications, claiming that AIT's global and terrestrial licenses do not allow them to act as a network. (references) | |
Economic History | Pakistan | They also have expansion plans in two more phases. (references) |
Luxembourg | A rise in profits went hand in hand with this expansion. (references) | |
Vietnam | However, no foreign chain shows signs of rapid expansion. (references) | |
Human Rights | Brazil | The state's prison expansion program does not include provisions for additional space for women. (references) |
Lithuania | It is assumed widely that law enforcement agencies have increased the use of a range of surveillance methods to cope with the expansion of organized crime. (references) | |
Costa Rica | As of November, the San Sebastian prison population was 27 percent over its capacity of 490. The Ministry of Justice responded to the issue of prison overcrowding and the treatment of prisoners by calling for more funds for prison expansion. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Denmark | In 1999 a court ruled that the Government unjustly resettled Greenland Inuits in 1953 in order to accommodate the expansion of a U.S. Air Force base in northwest Greenland. (references) |
Venezuela | At year's end, the Government still had taken no action on President Chavez's 1999 pledge to enact a new law to regulate the use of the Imataca forest reserve in Bolivar state and annul a 1997 Presidential decree permitting the expansion of legal mining activities there. (references) | |
Political Economy | HONG KONG | These restrictions limit the expansion of U.S. carrier services in the Hong Kong market. (references) |
Political Rights | Nicaragua | In January 2000, the National Assembly approved constitutional amendments supported by the leadership of both the governing PLC and the opposition FSLN. Key elements of the legislation included a change in the requirements that a presidential candidate must meet to avoid a second-round runoff election; expansion of the Supreme Court from 12 to 16 judges; expansion of the CSE from 5 to 7 magistrates; an automatic assembly seat for the outgoing president; a requirement for a two-thirds majority vote in the assembly, rather than the previous qualified majority vote, to remove presidential immunity from prosecution; and the replacement of a single controller general with the a 5-person collegial body charged with investigating allegations of wrongdoing or financial malfeasance by government officials. (references) |
Trade | Jamaica | The aim of this Act is an expansion of the benefits provided under the CBI. (references) |
Singapore | Higher percentage loans are available for particularly desirable projects and for expansion loans. (references) | |
Travel | Vietnam | Communication costs in Vietnam are among the highest in the region (over US $3 per minute to the U.S.), as the government has been funding a countrywide expansion and upgrade of the network. (references) |
Nicaragua | A 3,500 cubic foot cold storage facility at the airport opened in 1996. The airport is currently building an expansion to double its passenger traffic capacity to handle 1.4 million passengers per year by the end of 2002. (references) | |
Thailand | Thailand's economic plunge in 1997 caused a sharp decline in the demand for telecommunications services that included landline telephone, cellular phone, radio communications, paging, and VSAT services . Consequently, planned investments in the expansion of 6 million landline telephones and cellular phones in the radio frequency ranges of 1500 and 1900-megahertz have been deferred . However, the installation of rural public long distance telephone lines and the installation of submarine fiber optic cable were not affected by the economic crisis. (references) | |
Women | Portugal | Another law provided for the expansion of the system of shelters for victims. (references) |
Worker Rights | Austria | Some NGO's have called for an expansion of the legal definition of trafficking to include exploitation for domestic labor and coerced marriages. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | This expansion of our population and accession of new States to our Union have had the happiest effect on all its highest interests. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | With an experience thus suggestive and cheering, the policy of my Administration will not be controlled by any timid forebodings of evil from expansion. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Today, as never before, when peoples are seeking trade restoration and expansion, we must adjust our tariffs to the new order. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We have encouraged, by precept and example, the expansion of world trade on a sound and fair basis. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Government aid can only supplement the role of private investment, trade expansion, commodity stabilization, and, above all, internal self-improvement. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | If we act together as I hope we can, I believe we can continue our economic expansion which has already broken all past records. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Private business and not the Government must lead the expansion in the future. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | What they desire is the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines. |
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| "Expansion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.97% of the time. "Expansion" is used about 3,589 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.97% | 3,588 | 2,706 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,589 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| France | Sodice Expansion SA |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "expansion": absolute expansion ♦ adiabatic expansion of gases ♦ admission to first expansion ♦ Automatic expansion gear ♦ capacity of expansion ♦ coefficient of expansion ♦ degree of expansion ♦ diagonal expansion ♦ domestic credit expansion ♦ eta expansion ♦ expansion arbor ♦ expansion bit ♦ expansion bolt ♦ expansion card ♦ expansion chamber ♦ expansion cloud chamber ♦ Expansion coupling ♦ Expansion curve ♦ Expansion gear ♦ Expansion joint ♦ expansion mandrel ♦ expansion of metals ♦ expansion of territory ♦ expansion of the water ♦ expansion scab ♦ expansion slot ♦ expansion slots ♦ expansion tank ♦ expansion turbine ♦ Expansion valve ♦ Fixed expansion gear ♦ high expansion foam ♦ memory expansion ♦ memory expansion card ♦ Palatal Expansion Technique ♦ query expansion ♦ Self expansion therapy ♦ thermal expansion ♦ thermostatic expansion valve ♦ Tissue Expansion ♦ Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "expansion": expansion-minded. | |
Ending with "expansion": feed-and-expansion, over-expansion. | |
Containing "expansion": Triple-expansion steam engine. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "expansion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ekspansion, zgjerim (amplification, dilatation, dilation, distention, diversification, enlargement, expanse, extension, ramification, spreading, widening), shtrirje (compass, dimension, elongation, extension, extent, lie, make believe, prolongation, proportions, rame, ramification, range, reach, scope, spread, spreading, stretch, swing), rritje (accretion, advance, augmentation, boost, breeding, climb, cultivation, development, evolution, extension, gain, germination, growth, increase, increment, intensification, nurture, progress, raise, upgrowth), përhapje (diffusion, dilatation, dilation, dissemination, distribution, divulge, extension, leakage, occurrence, permeation, pervasion, prevalence, promulgation, propagation, semination, spread, spreading, transmission, waft), hapësirë (area, clearance, elbow room, expanse, extent, headway, ocean, play, precinct, range, space, span, Weald, wideness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نمو (accretion, development, evolution, gathering, growth, increase, outgrowth, prosperity, sprouting, upgrowth), تمديد (extension, protraction, stretching), تمدد (dilate, dilation, elongation, lie, recline, sprawl, spread, stretch, stretching), توسيع (amplification, extension), توسع (dilation, extending, growth, widening), تطوير (development), تضخم (distend, inflate, swell, thicken), زيادة (addition, augment, augmentation, boost, enhancement, excess, growing, increase, increment, over, overflow, overmuch, plethora, plus, raise, redundance, redundancy, rise, superfluity, top up), إمتداد (extension, extent, length, lengthiness, propagation, protraction, reach, span, spread, stretch, sweep), إنتشار (currency, diffusion, dispersal, pervasion, prevalence, propagation, scattering, spread, suffusion), إتساع (ampleness, boom, breadth, enlargement, fullness, fulness, generosity, immenseness, immensity, liberality, propagation, reach, roominess, size, span, stretch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | увеличение (accession, accretion, amplification, blowup, enlargement, gain, increase, increment, magnification, progress, rising, swelling), увеличаване (access, accumulation, aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, enlargement, increase, increment), разтягане (extension, strain, straining, stretch, stretching, tension), разширяване (amplification, dilatation, dilation, enlargement, flare, widening), разширение (amplification, bulb, continuation, distention, expanse, extension, swelling), експанзия, пространство (amplitude, area, extent, ground, reach, sheet, space, stretch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 扩展 (Expand, Expanded, Expanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | expanze (expansionism), rozvoj (advancement, development, growth), roztahování, rozpínavost (expansibility, expansionism, expansivity), rozpìtí (reach, span, spread), rozmach (development, sweep, swing, upswing, upturn), rozšíření (amplification, dilatation, dissemination, effusion, enlargement, extension, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udvidelse (add-on, amplification, development, dilatation, extension, growth, single storey projection of living rooms, swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitzetting (expulsion, growth), expansie (expansive querulous paranoia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ekspansio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | víðkan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | توسعه (Development, Extension, Increment, Outspread), انبساط (Pleasure), بسط (Development, Extension, Outspread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ekspansio, laajentaminen (dilatation, dilation, extension), laajeneminen, kontrastin laventaminen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | extension (extending, extension, extension of the data base, extent, Extn), expansion (expanding, mandibular expansion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ausdehnung (bulk, dilatation, dimension, dimensioning, elongation, expanse, extend, extension, extent, measurement, prolongation, size, spread, stretch, stretching), Erweiterung (add-on, aggrandizement, amplification, broadening, development, dilatation, dilation, enhancement, enlargement, expander, extension, extention, increase, interpolation, upgrade, upgrading, widening), Expansion (puffing), entwicklung (construction, deployment, design, developing, development, DG VIII, display, evaluation, evolution, formation, generation, germination, growth, movement, processing, production, progression, trend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξάπλωση (outspread, proliferavion, spread, spreading), διαστολή (diastole, dilatation, dilation, swelling, to swell), επέκταση (added board, board, extension, outspread, side, sideboard, side-extension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מפרש (carpet, sail), פתוח (developing film, development, elaboration, open, receptive), "תפשטות (propagation, spread, spreadness, stretching out, suffusion), "רחב" (augmentation, broadening, dilatation, dilation, enlargement, extension, widening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | terjeszkedés (growth, spread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ekspansi, perluasan (broadening, extension), pembesaran (enlargement), pembengkakan (swelling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | estensione (denotation, dilation, distraction, distribution, expanse, extension, extent, range, scope, span, spread, stretch, upgrade, upgrading), espansione (blowing, effusion, expanse, growth, release, spread), dilatazione (dilatation, dilation, dimensioning, distension, extension, extent, stretching, swelling, to swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 膨張 (growth, increase, swelling), 膨大 (bulky, enormous, extensive, huge, swelling), 伸展 (extension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぞうせつ (extension), し"て" (confidential, development, extension, progress), し"ちょう (brand new, discretion, elongation, extension, height, profound, prudence, Shinchou, stature, the Manchu Dynasty, uncompression), ぼうちょう (attendance, auditing, counterespionage, counterintelligence, growth, hearing, increase, listening, protection against the tide, swelling), ぼう い (bulky, enormous, extensive, huge, subtitle, swelling), かくじゅう, かくちょうか (enlargement), かくちょう (apex of a shell, dignified, enlargement, escape, extension, noble, umbo), て"かい (develop, revolution, rotation), え"ぎ (acting, adaptation, amplification, commentary, drama, omen, performance, play). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 확장 (Broadening, Expanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeyney magh (attenuate, attenuation, distend, distention, expand, extend, fork out, hold out, lengthen, pass round, prolong, protract, protraction, push out, put out, reach, stretch out, unfold, unfold as landscape), mooadaghey (aggravation, amplify, augment, develop, developing, enlarge, escalate, escalation, exaggerate, exaggeration, exaggerator, expand, extend, extension, gain, grow, increase, increment, magnification, magnify, maximize, mount, multiplication, multiply, swell), lheanaghey (beat out, branch out, broadening, dilate, dilation, expand, extend, extension, flare, flatten, hammer down, sprain, widen, widening, yawn, yawn as chasm), bishaghey (accession, accession of funds, accrue, develop, development, expand, growth, increase, multiplication, multiply, prosper, thrive, wax, wax as moon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | utvidelse (extension), utbredelse (incidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | expansionay expansão (dilatation, distent, extension, flush, growth, swell), dilatação (blowing, cheese blowing, dilatancy, dilatation, dilation, distension, expanse, flare, inflation, swell, swelling, to swell), desenvolvimento (amplification, deployment, developing, development, DG VIII, evolution, germination, growing, growth, increment, outgrowth, process, progress, promotion, stature, upgrowth). (various references) extindere (amplification, development, distension, extension, extent, prevalence, protraction, spread), expansiune (expanse), umflare (distension, inflation, swell), spaţiu (aisle, capacity, distance, elbow room, extent, room, sky, space, space bar, spread), dilatare (dilatation), întins (broad, even, expanse, expansive, extensive, flat, flatly, large, lengthy, mighty, open, outspread, prone, recumbent, smooth, spacious, sprawling, strained, stretched, supine, taut, tense, vast), întindere (area, compass, expanse, extension, extent, field, flatting, length, measure, pull up, reach, scope, space, spread, stretch, stretching, surface, sweep, width). (various references) расширение (add-on, amplification, dilatation, dilation, distension, distention, enhancement, enlargement, extension, spread-out, widening). (various references) greòs (expansion of the thighs). (various references) ekspanzija, proširenost. (various references) expansión (dilatation, growth, mandibular expansion), dilatación (dilatation, dilation, distension, distent, flow), amplificación (amplification, blow-up, development, dilation, enlargement, extension, projection print, upgrade, upgrading). (various references) utbredning (currency, distribution, expanse, incidence, prevalence, propagate, propagation, range, spread, spreading), expansion (growth, to explode). (various references) การขยายออก (dilatation). (various references) ilerleme (advance, advancement, forwardness, gain, headway, improvement, progress, progression, rising, upswing, uptrend), genleşme (dilatation, dilation), genişlik (ampleness, amplitude, breadth, expanse, extent, largeness, openness, roominess, spaciousness, spread, vastness, wideness, width), genişleme (becoming wide, dilatation, dilation, enlargement, expansiveness, spread, stretch), gelişme (advance, advancement, amelioration, budding, development, flourish, formative, growing, growth, headway, improvement, inflorescence, pickup, progress, strides), büyüme (accretion, accrual, augmentation, development, enlargement, growing, growth, increase, juvenescence). (various references) giсleme. (various references) розширення (aggrandizement, amplification, dilatation, distension, distention, enlargement, expanse, outspread), зростання (access, accession, accretion, concrescence, development, growing, increase, upgrowth, upturn, vegetation), експансія, простір (amplitude, area, elbow room, expanse, place, region, space, stretch, vast). (various references) sự ph"ng ra (baggieness, expanse), sự phát triển (expanse), sự nở, sự mở rộng (continuation, development, enlargement, magnification, splay), sự b nh trướng (outspread), độ giãn (expansibility, extension). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "expansion": expansional, expansionary, expansionism, expansionisms, expansionist, expansionistic, expansionists, expansions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "expansion": overexpansion. (additional references) | |
Words containing "expansion": overexpansions. (additional references) | |
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"Expansion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exoansion, expansione, expanssion, expantion, expension, explanasion. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "expansion" (pronounced ikspa"nshun) |
| 9 | i k s p a" n sh u n | overexpansion. |
| 5 | -a" n sh u n | mansion. |
| 4 | -n sh u n | apprehension, ascension, attention, comprehension, condescension, contention, convention, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, invention, mention, misapprehension, pension, pretension, prevention, reinvention, retention, suspension, tension. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retraction, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-p-s-x" | |
-1 letter: saponine. | |
-2 letters: epinaos, pension, pinones, saponin, senopia. | |
-3 letters: anions, axions, axones, eonian, inanes, insane, inspan, nasion, opines, paeons, pannes, pennia, pennis, pianos, pinnae, pinnas, pinons, ponies, sannop, sienna, xenias, xenons. | |
-4 letters: aeons, anion, anise, annex, aspen, axion, axone, axons, eosin, exons, expos, inane, napes, neaps, neons, nines, nipas, nixes, noise, nonas, nones, opens, opine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-n-o-p-s-x" | |
+1 letter: expansions. | |
+2 letters: expansional. | |
+3 letters: expansionary, expansionism, expansionist, explanations, exponentials. | |
+4 letters: expansionisms, expansionists, explantations, hypoxanthines, overexpansion. | |
+5 letters: expansionistic, overexpansions. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 70 61 6E 73 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .--. .- -. ... .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01110000 01100001 01101110 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x p a n s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0070 0061 006E 0073 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)399082678085758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Abbreviations 18. Acronyms 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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