Dictionary entries for 'expansion'

Synonyms

ex·pan·sion (ĭk-spăńshən)

noun

1. The act or process of expanding: the new nation's expansion westward.
2. The state of being expanded.
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.
The extent or amount by which something has expanded.
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.
An expanse.
A period of increased economic or business activity.