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Definition of Expands

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Expand Ex*pand", v. i. 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. --Dryden.
Expand
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. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight. --Milton. 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. 3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.

Meaning of Expands from wikipedia

- Look up expander in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Expander may refer to: Dynamic range compression operated in reverse Part of the process of signal...
- In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional...
- Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands Thermal expansion, the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and...
- The Expandables is a Canadian home renovation television series produced by Tricon Films & Television, which premiered January 8, 2015 on HGTV Canada...
- 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024. Perez, Sarah (April 9, 2025). "YouTube expands its 'likeness' detection technology, which detects AI fakes, to a handful...
- notions of expanders: edge expanders, vertex expanders, and spectral expanders, as defined below. A disconnected graph is not an expander, since the boundary...
- Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter...
- The term expanded universe, sometimes called an extended universe, is generally used to denote the "extension" of a media franchise (like a television...
- A volume expander is a type of intravenous therapy that has the function of providing volume for the circulatory system. It may be used for fluid replacement...
- a theory proposing that following the Big Bang, the universe initially expanded incredibly rapidly before settling down to a slower expansion – was proposed...