expansion
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expansion (plural expansions)
- The act or process of expanding.
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
- The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
- A new addition.
- My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
- A product to be used with a previous product.
- "This expansion requires the original game-board."
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- (act of expanding): contraction
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act of expanding
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new addition
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