expansion

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Noun

expansion (plural expansions)

1. The act or process of expanding.

   The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.

2. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
3. A new addition.

   My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.

4. A product to be used with a previous product.

   "This expansion requires the original game-board."

Antonyms

• (act of expanding): contraction

Related terms

terms related to expansion

expand expanse

expansive

Derived terms

terms derived from expansion

expansionism expansion joint expansion team

expansion cleat expansion pack

Translations

act of expanding

• Arabic: تمدد (ar) (tamáddud) m, توسع (ar) (tawássu3) m
• Bulgarian: разширение (bg) n (razširenie), разширяване (bg) n (razširjavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擴張 (cmn), 扩张 (cmn) (kuòzhāng), 擴大 (cmn), 扩大 (cmn) (kuòdà), 展開 (cmn), 展开 (cmn) (zhǎnkāi)

• Esperanto: ekspansio (eo)
• Finnish: laajentuminen (fi), laajennus (fi)
• French: expansion (fr) f
• German: Expansion (de) f
• Greek: διαστολή (el) (diastolí) f  (for metals), επέκταση (el) (epéktasi) f 

• Hungarian: terjeszkedés (hu)
• Irish: leatacht (ga) f
• Italian: espansione (it) f
• Japanese: 拡大 (ja) (かくだい, kakudai), 拡張 (ja) (かくちょう, kakuchō), 展開 (ja) (てんかい, tenkai)
• Korean: 확장 (ko) (hwakjang) (擴張 (ko))
• Russian: расширение (ru) (rasširénije) n , экспансия (ru) (ekspánsija) f  (territory or influence)
• Spanish: expansión (es) f
• Swedish: utvidgning (sv) c

new addition

• Finnish: laajennus (fi), lisäosa (fi)
• Greek: επέκταση (el) (epéktasi) f 
• Russian: пристройка (pristrójka) f of a building

• Swedish: utbyggnad (sv) c (about buildings), tillbyggnad (sv) c (about buildings), expansion (sv) c (about businesses)

product to be used with a previous product

• Finnish: laajennus (fi)
• Hungarian: kiegészítő (hu)

• Swedish: tillägg (sv) n

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• Norwegian: ekspansjon, utvidelse

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Noun

expansion f (plural expansions)

1. expansion