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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expanding \Ex*pand"ing\, a. That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expanding adj : increasing in area or volume or bulk or range; "an expanding universe"; "an expanding economy"
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