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

1. noun. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
2. noun. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
3. noun. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
4. noun. Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
5. noun. The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
6. noun. 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.
7. noun. The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
8. noun. the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

   Synonyms: enlargement

9. noun. adding information or detail
10. noun. a discussion that provides additional information

    Synonyms: elaboration, enlargement

11. noun. a function expressed as a sum or product of terms

    "the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"

Synonyms

enlargement, elaboration

Common word forms

expansions, expansional

Words from these letters

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