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Definition of EXPANDING

Expanding
Expanding Ex*pand"ing, a. 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.
Expanding
Expand Ex*pand", v. t. [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.

Meaning of EXPANDING from wikipedia

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- often illustrated with conceptual models where an expanding object is taken to represent expanding space. These models can be misleading to the extent...
- a rotary kiln. The heating process causes gases trapped in the clay to expand, forming thousands of small bubbles and giving the material a porous structure...
- The expanding Earth or growing Earth was a hypothesis attempting to explain the position and relative movement of continents by increase in the volume...
- The term expanded universe, sometimes called an extended universe, is generally used to denote the "extension" of a media franchise (like a television...
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- sp****st examples of highly expanding graphs. Algebraic constructions based on Cayley graphs are known for various variants of expander graphs. The following...
- In DOS memory management, expanded memory is a system of bank switching that provided additional memory to DOS programs beyond the limit of conventional...