Vocabulary : Exoticism to Expansion

Exoticism : The state of being exotic; also, anything foreign, as a word or idiom; an exotic.
Expand : To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves. ;; 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. ;; To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5. ;; To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
Expanded : of Expand
Expander : Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
Expanding : of Expand ;; That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.

Expanse : That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. ;; To expand.
Expansibility : The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.
Expansible : Capable of being expanded or spread out widely.
Expansile : Expansible.
Expansion : The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement. ;; That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal. ;; Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space. ;; Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes. ;; The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2. ;; 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. ;; The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

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