expansion

1 the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope [syn: enlargement] [ant: contraction]

2 a discussion that provides additional information [syn: enlargement, elaboration]

3 adding information or detail [syn: expanding upon]

English

Pronunciation

Noun

expansion

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."

Translations

*Finnish: laajentuminen, laajennus

• Italian: espansione
• Russian: расширение (rasšir'énije), экспансия (ekspánsija)

about territory or influence

• Swedish: utvidgning
• Finnish: laajennus, lisäosa
• Russian: пристройка (pristrójka) of a building
• Swedish: utbyggnad (about buildings), tillbyggnad (about buildings), expansion (about businesses)
• Finnish: laajennus
• Swedish: tillägg

• ttbc Norwegian: ekspansjon, utvidelse

Antonyms

act of expanding

• contraction

Related terms

• expand
• expanse
• expansionism
• expansion joint
• expansion team
• expansive

. Expansion may refer to:

• In physics:

• expansion of space,
• thermal expansion,
• expansion fan.

• In computer hardware: an expansion card
• In computer programming: in-line expansion
• In computer gaming:

• an expansion pack
• (in real time strategy games like Starcraft) building a secondary base to gather more resources.

• In mathematics:

• polynomial expansion
• Taylor Expansion
• expansion of a graph
• the converse of a reduct, in model theory or universal algebra.

• An expansion team in sports.
• In medicine, a trinucleotide repeat expansion disorder is the result of expansion during DNA translation.
• An album by Dave Burrell.

• In economics: economic expansion

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