Expanse vs. Expansion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Expanse and Expansion
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Expanse
A wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky.
Expansion
The act or process of expanding
The new nation's expansion westward.
Expanse
Expansion.
Expansion
The state of being expanded.
Expanse
The distance or amount of expansion.
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Expansion
An expanded part
An expansion of a river.
Expanse
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
Expansion
A product of expanding
A book that is an expansion of the author's PhD thesis.
Expanse
An amount of spread or stretch.
Expansion
The extent or amount by which something has expanded.
Expanse
That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky.
Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven.
The smooth expanse of crystal lakes.
Expansion
A quantity written in an extended form, such as in a sum or product of terms.
Expanse
To expand.
That lies expansed unto the eyes of all.
Expansion
The process of obtaining this form.
Expanse
A wide scope;
The sweep of the plains
Expansion
An expanse.
Expanse
The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary;
The area of a rectangle
It was about 500 square feet in area
Expansion
A period of increased economic or business activity.
Expanse
A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky
Expansion
An act, process, or instance of expanding.
The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
Expansion
The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
Look up the expansion of 1018 steel at stick welding temps and figure out how far this thing's gonna bend once we weld it up.
Expansion
(building) A new addition.
My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.
Expansion
A product to be used with a previous product.
This expansion requires the original game board.
Expansion
That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
Expansion
(steam engines) 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.
Expansion
(writing, editing, audio content) The replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience.
Expansion of acronyms is often helpful for nonexpert readers (anacronyms excluded).
Expansion
The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
Expansion
That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
The starred expansion of the skies.
Expansion
Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
Lost in expansion, void and infinite.
Expansion
An increase in the production of goods and services over time, and in the volume of business transactions, generally associated with an increase in employment and an increase in the money supply. Opposite of contraction.
Expansion
The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
Expansion
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.
Expansion
The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
Expansion
An enlarged or extended version of something, such as a writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an expansion of the lecture she gave.
Expansion
An expansion joint. See below.
Expansion
The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Expansion
A discussion that provides additional information
Expansion
Adding information or detail
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