Dictionary Entry
expansion
expansion is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
- 2noun
That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
- 3noun
Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
- 4noun
Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
- 5noun
The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
- 6noun
The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
- 7noun
The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
- 8noun
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Synonyms
- 9noun
adding information or detail
- 10noun
a discussion that provides additional information
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- 11noun
a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
"the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"
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