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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dilatation \Dil`a*ta"tion\, n. [OE. dilatacioun F. dilatation, L. dilatatio, fr dilatare See {Dilate}, and cf 2d {Dilation}.] 1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [Obs.] ``What needeth greater dilatation?'' --Chaucer. 2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al? sides; the state of being dilated; dilation. 3. (Anat.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other organ. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dilatation n : the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [syn: {dilation}]
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