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Definition: EXPANDER |
EXPANDERNoun1. Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc. |
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Chemical Industry | A device on some machine used to keep cloth spread to its fullest width, devoid of wrinkles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An additive consisting of organic and/or inorganic components(lignin, lamp black, barium sulphate)for negative mass. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An amplifier, usually forming part of a signal receiver, whose gain increases with increasing input signal amplitude according to a specified law, function, or relationship. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Medicine | Any of several colloidal substances of high molecular weight. . . used as a blood or plasma substitute in transfusion for increasing the volume of the circulating blood. . . called also extender. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: EXPANDER |
| Specialty definitions using "EXPANDER": assembler-crimper ♦ belling machine operator, BOILERMAKER I, boilermaker, assembly and erection, breaker operator ♦ EXPANDING MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ FUSE-CUP EXPANDER ♦ HOSE-COUPLING JOINER ♦ nicker and breaker ♦ plasma expander, Polygeline, POLYSTYRENE-BEAD MOLDER ♦ slag expander, Stuffit, synchronised compressor and expander, synchronized compressor and expander, syncompex ♦ TESTER OPERATOR, Tissue Expanders ♦ unaffected level ♦ VIC-20. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "EXPANDER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (expander), Swedish (expander). |
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Health | There is no justification for the use of FFP as a volume expander or as a nutritional source. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "EXPANDER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EXPANDER" is used about 10 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) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "EXPANDER": chest expander ♦ plasma expander ♦ synchronised compressor and expander ♦ synchronized compressor and expander. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "EXPANDER": turbo-expander, volume-expander. | |
| 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 "EXPANDER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 扩展器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | expander, ekspanderingsboks (vacuum expander), ekspanderboks (vacuum expander), ekspander (automatic volume-expander, fabric expanding device, spreader), bredholder (fabric expanding device, scrimp, spreader, temple, templet), anlægsskovl til rendegraver (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | extensieapparaat, expander (automatic volume-expander, exerciser), vacuumvormer (vacuum expander), strekrol (stretcher bar), rekapparaat, mol van de molploeg (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer), breedhouder (stretcher bar, temple, templet), bandenvormmachine onder vacuum (vacuum expander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ekspanderi (automatic volume-expander), pingotustanko (stretcher bar), levitystela (stretcher bar), kankaanlevityslaite (fabric expanding device, spreader). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | extenseur (extender, extensor), expanseur, succédané du plasma (extender), obus draineur, mandrin extensible (expanding arbor, expanding mandrel, expansion arbor, expansion mandrel), gonfleur de pneu (vacuum expander), déplisseur, boulet, élargisseur (fabric expanding device). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Expander (automatic volume-expander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλινδρικό δόντι (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer), στραγγιστική οβίδα (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer), μηχανισμός τεντώματος (fabric expanding device, spreader), ελαστικό μανδρέν (stretcher bar), αεροσυμπιεστής επισώτρου (vacuum expander), διαστολέας (automatic volume-expander, spreader), διατατής. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | expander, espansore, stenditore (stretcher bar), rullo stenditore (stretcher bar), palla (ball, ballot, bowl, bullet, eggette, enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer, orb, ovoid), ogiva drenante (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エウスタキオ管 (eonism, essence, Eustachian tube, excite, exciting, exciting game, exercise, exercise walking, exhibition, exhibition game, exhibition game or match, expert, expert system, expo, exposition, express, expression, extra, extra hole, extra inning, extract). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エキスパンダー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 확대기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeyneyder (lengthener, prolonger, rack, reacher, stretcher). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | expanderay extensor (extensor), expansor (automatic volume-expander, vacuum expander), mandril de expansão (stretcher bar), dispositivo toupeiro (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer), alargador (fabric expanding device, reamer, spreader). (various references) расширитель (bougie, dilator, enhancer, extender, speculum, widener). (various references) extensor (chest expander, exerciser, extensor, eyelid forceps, stretcher), expansor (automatic volume-expander), ensanchador (fabric expanding device, spreader, stretcher, stretcher bar), topo de avenar (enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer), obús (bombshell, enlarger, howitzer, mole ball, mole drainer), mandril de expansión (stretcher bar), bomba para inflar neumáticos (vacuum expander), bala (ammunition, bale, ball, bullet, chaff, enlarger, mole ball, mole drainer, packet, pill, receiver, shot). (various references) expansionsmedel, expanderingsbox (vacuum expander), expanderbox (vacuum expander), expander, spridarvals (stretcher bar), breddsträckare (stretcher bar), breddhållarvals (fabric expanding device, spreader). (various references) göğüs geliştirici spor aleti (chest expander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EXPANDER": expanders. (additional references) | |
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"EXPANDER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Exander, exlander, Expamet. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "EXPANDER" (pronounced 'Ex*pand"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-r-x" | |
-2 letters: earned, endear, exedra, expand, expend, neared, pander, pardee, reaped, repand. | |
-3 letters: arpen, denar, drape, eared, ender, padre, paned, pared, perea, preed, preen, ranee, raped, raxed, redan. | |
-4 letters: aped, aper, apex, axed, dare, darn, dean, dear, deep, deer, dene, dere, dree, earn, erne, nape, nard, neap, near, need, neep, nerd, pane, pard, pare, pean. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-n-p-r-x" | |
+1 letter: expanders. | |
+2 letters: overexpand. | |
+3 letters: overexpands. | |
+4 letters: overexpanded, unexpurgated. | |
+5 letters: expeditionary, overexpanding, overexplained. | |
| 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 58 50 41 4E 44 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .--. .- -. -.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01011000 01010000 01000001 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E X P A N D E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0058 0050 0041 004E 0044 0045 0052 |
| 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)3958503548383952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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