Found 3 items, similar to Expanding.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: expand
bengkar, meluaskan, membeberkan, membesar, membuncitkan, memperluas, mengampul
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: expanding
expanding
adj : increasing in area or volume or bulk or range;
“an expanding
universe”;
“an expanding economy”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Expanding
Expanding
\Ex*pand"ing\, a.
That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading;
enlarging.
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Expanding bit,
Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drill
made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can
be expanded in diameter while boring.
Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections,
that its diameter can be increased or diminished.
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Expand
\Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Expanded; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Expanding.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
Spawn.]
1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
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Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
--Milton.
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2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
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3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
expand an equation. See
Expansion, 5.
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