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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expanding \Ex*pand"ing\, adjective 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Expand \Ex*pand"\, verb (used with an object) [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) 2.0 [wn]:
expanding
adjective: increasing in area or volume or bulk or range; "an expanding universe"; "an expanding economy"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "expanding": amplifying, crescendoing, crescent, developmental, dilatative, dilative, enlarging, expatiating, growing, increasing, incremental, intensifying, lengthening, multiplying, on the increase, proliferating, snowballing, spreading, swelling, tightening, waxing
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