Expansion vs. Contraction

Expansionnoun

The act or process of expanding.

Expansionnoun

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

Expansionnoun

A new addition.

Expansionnoun

A product to be used with a previous product.

Expansionnoun

That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.

Expansionnoun

(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.

Expansionnoun

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

Expansionnoun

That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.

Expansionnoun

Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.

Expansionnoun

an increase in the production of goods and services over time, and in the volume of business transactions, generally associated with an increase in employment and an increase in the money supply. Opposite of contraction.

Expansionnoun

The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.

Expansionnoun

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.

Expansionnoun

The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.

Expansionnoun

an enlarged or extended version of something, such as a writing or discourse; as, the journal article is an expansion of the lecture she gave.

Expansionnoun

an expansion joint. See below.

Expansionnoun

the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

Expansionnoun

a discussion that provides additional information

Expansionnoun

adding information or detail

Contractionnoun

A reversible reduction in size.

Contractionnoun

(economics) A period of economic decline or negative growth.

Contractionnoun

(biology) A shortening of a muscle when it is used.

Contractionnoun

(medicine) A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.

Contractionnoun

(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.

Contractionnoun

(English orthography) A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.

Contractionnoun

A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.

Contractionnoun

(medicine) The process of contracting a disease.

Contractionnoun

(phonetics) Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.

Contractionnoun

The acquisition of something, generally negative.

Contractionnoun

(medicine) A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.

Contractionnoun

The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendon; the contraction produced by cold.

Contractionnoun

The process of shortening an operation.

Contractionnoun

The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.

Contractionnoun

Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; - as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

Contractionnoun

The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

Contractionnoun

A marriage contract.

Contractionnoun

(physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

Contractionnoun

the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together;

Contractionnoun

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds;

Contractionnoun

the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope