expansion

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪkˈspænʃən/

Noun

countable uncountable

The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change. / (building) A new addition. / A product to be used with a previous product.

Japanese Meaning

温度変化による、単位長さあたりの大きさの比率的変化 / （建物において）増築部分、新たな追加部 / 既存の製品と組み合わせて使用される製品

What is this buttons?

The measured expansion of the metal rod was small during heating cycles.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

加熱サイクル中、金属棒の線膨張係数が小さいことが測定されました。

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Sense（1）

The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.

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Sense（2）

(building) A new addition.

My new office is in the expansion behind the main building.

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Sense（3）

A product to be used with a previous product.

This expansion requires the original game board.

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Sense（4）

That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.

Mother of mighty Rome's imperial line, / Delight of man, and of the powers divine, / Venus, all-bounteous queen! whose genial power / Diffuses beauty in unbounded store / Through seas, and fertile plains, and all that lies / Beneath the starred expansion of the skies.

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Sense（5）

(steam engines) 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.

Sense（6）

(writing, editing, audio content) The replacement of a short name (e.g., acronym, initialism, alphanumeric symbol, abbreviation) with the longer name that is synonymous with it, as when spelling out acronyms to ensure clarity for a general audience.