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Synonyms for expansion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ik-span-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspæn ʃən |
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Définition of expansion
Origin :- 1610s, "anything spread out;" 1640s, "act of expanding," from French expansion, from Late Latin expansionem (nominative expansio) "a spreading out," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin expandere (see expand).
- noun growth
- The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- In an unwonted mood of expansion he turned to Mali-ya-bwana.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Here the first step is absorption and expansion, not precipitation.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- I will not run the risk of weakening this reasoning by expansion.
- Extract from : « Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics » by William Thomas Thornton
- Such was the law of expansion; the earth was the heritage of the most numerous race.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- In the expansion of his feelings he held out the letter to Ramond, and forced him to read it.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Together, with the expansion of business, grew also a political apprehension.
- Extract from : « Bremen Cotton Exchange » by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
- The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Helen's next remark was in the natures of a reducer for the said expansion.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Jars may also be cracked by the expansion of the water when a battery freezes.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
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