dilation

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English

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) Back-formation from dilate, late 16th c.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)

  1. The act of dilating.
  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
    Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
  3. (obsolete) Delay.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
  4. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlātiō.

Noun

dilation oblique singularf (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)

  1. dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)