expansion

1. 1. The act or process of expanding: the new nation's expansion westward.
   2. The state of being expanded.
2. 1. An expanded part: an expansion of a river.
   2. A product of expanding: a book that is an expansion of the author's Ph.D. thesis.
3. The extent or amount by which something has expanded.
4. Mathematics.
   1. A quantity written in an extended form, such as in a sum or product of terms.
   2. The process of obtaining this form.
5. An expanse.
6. A period of increased economic or business activity.

noun

1. The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness: enlargement, extension, spread. See increase/decrease.
2. A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water: distance, expanse, extent, reach, space, spread, stretch, sweep. See place.

Definition: growth
Antonyms: lessening, shrinkage, stagnation

An increase in extent, size, volume, or scope.

The increase in length or volume of a material, or a body, caused by temperature, moisture, or other environmental condition.

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Expansion may refer to:

• In physics:
  • expansion of space
  • thermal expansion
  • expansion fan
• In computer hardware, an expansion card
• In computer programming:
  • Expand 2.0, a JEE5 developing tool
  • inline expansion
• In computer gaming or collectable card games, an expansion pack
• In mathematics:
  • polynomial expansion
  • Taylor Expansion
  • expansion of a graph
  • the converse of a reduct, in model theory or universal algebra
• In sports, an expansion team
• In medicine, a trinucleotide repeat expansion disorder is the result of expansion during DNA translation.
• Expansion (album), an album by Dave Burrell
• In economics:
  • economic expansion
  • expansionary policies
• In engineering, an expansion joint
• In audio engineering, audio level expansion

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udvidelse, udbredelse, vækst

idioms:

• expansion board    kort
• expansion card    kort
• expansion slot    plads til kort
• expansionist policy    ekspansionistisk politik
• policy of expansion    ekspansionspolitik

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitspansel, uitgestrektheid, uitbreiding, expansie, uitdijing, een functie uitdrukken in de vorm van een serie (wiskundig), omvang van handelsacties

Français (French)
n. - expansion (d'un gaz), dilatation, extension, agrandissement, développement, essor, accroissement, expansion (territoriale), (Math) développement, (Ling) expansion

idioms:

• expansion board    (Comput) carte d'extension
• expansion card    (Comput) carte d'extension
• expansion slot    emplacement libre pour extension
• expansionist policy    politique expansionniste
• policy of expansion    politique expansionniste

Deutsch (German)
n. - Expansion, Ausdehnung, Ausweitung, Erweiterung

idioms:

• expansion board    (Comp.) Computerkarte für zusätzliche Funktionen
• expansion card    (Comp.) Computerkarte für zusätzliche Funktionen
• expansion slot    (Comp.) Schlitz für eine Erweiterungskarte
• expansionist policy    Expansionspolitik
• policy of expansion    Expansionspolitik

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διαστολή, εκτόνωση, επέκταση, ανάπτυξη, διόγκωση

idioms:

• expansion board    (Η/Υ) κάρτα επέκτασης
• expansion card    (Η/Υ) κάρτα επέκτασης
• expansion slot    (Η/Υ) θέση επέκτασης
• expansionist policy    επεκτατική πολιτική
• policy of expansion    πολιτική επέκτασης

Italiano (Italian)
espansione

idioms:

• expansion board/card    scheda di espansione
• expansion slot    casella di espansione
• expansionist policy    politica espansionista
• policy of expansion    politica di espansione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - expansão (f)

idioms:

• expansion board    placa de expansão
• expansion card    placa de expansão
• expansion slot    slot (m) de expansão (Inf.)
• expansionist policy    política (f) expansionista
• policy of expansion    política (f) de expansão

Русский (Russian)
рост, развитие, распространение, экспансия, подробное изложение, растяжение

idioms:

• expansion board/card    расширительная плата
• expansion slot    расширительный разъем
• expansionist policy    экспансионистская политика
• policy of expansion    экспансионистская политика

Español (Spanish)
n. - expansión, ampliación, dilatación, extensión, ensanche

idioms:

• expansion board    tarjeta o tablero de expansión
• expansion card    tarjeta o tablero de expansión
• expansion slot    conector de ranura para tarjetas de expansión
• expansionist policy    política expansionista, expansionismo
• policy of expansion    política de expansión, expansionismo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - expansion, ökning, utbredning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
扩充, 膨胀, 开展

idioms:

• expansion board    扩充板, 扩展板
• expansion card    扩充卡
• expansion slot    扩展槽, 扩充插槽
• expansionist policy    扩张政策
• policy of expansion    扩张政策

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擴充, 膨脹, 開展

idioms:

• expansion board    擴充板, 擴展板
• expansion card    擴充卡
• expansion slot    擴展槽, 擴充插槽
• expansionist policy    擴張政策
• policy of expansion    擴張政策

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 확장, 발전, 넓이, 전개식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 拡張, 発展, 展開, 膨張, 拡大されたもの

idioms:

• expansion board/card    拡張カード
• expansion slot    拡張スロット

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تمدد, توسيع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התפשטות, הרחבה, פיתוח‬

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