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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [L. dilatio. See {Dilatory}.] Delay. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dilation \Di*la"tion\, n. [From dilate, v., cf {Dilatation}, {Dilator}.] The act of dilating, or the state of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. --Mrs. Browning. At first her eye with slow dilation rolled. --Tennyson. A gigantic dilation of the hateful figure. --Dickens. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dilation n : the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil of the eye" [syn: {dilatation}]
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