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Definition of Expansive

Expansive
Expansive Ex*pan"sive, a. [Cf. F. expansif.] Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. --Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. --Prescott. -- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.

Meaning of Expansive from wikipedia

- Expansivity may refer to: Expansive homeomorphism Expansive Poetry Expansive clay Expansive Catasetum Expansive drill bit Expansive Heart Expansion (disambiguation)...
- Expansive clay is a clay soil that is prone to large volume changes (swelling and shrinking) that are directly related to changes in water content. Soils...
- notion of expansivity formalizes the notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function. The idea of expansivity is fairly...
- 1810s. It was a compound cycle engine that used high-pressure steam expansively, then condensed the low-pressure steam, making it relatively efficient...
- In the mathematical theory of metric spaces, a metric map is a function between metric spaces that does not increase any distance. These maps are the morphisms...
- Grandiose delusions (GDs), also known as delusions of grandeur or expansive delusions, are a subtype of delusion characterized by the extraordinary belief...
- All values refer to 25 °C unless noted. The value is highly anisotropic and temperature dependent, see Fred Rosebury (1992). Handbook of Electron Tube...
- The Cutter Expansive classification system is a library classification system devised by Charles Ammi Cutter. The system was the basis for the top categories...
- theHunter is a series of simulation video games developed by Expansive Worlds and published by its parent company, Avalanche Studios. The first game in...
- above-ground type of foundation used to provide load-bearing capacity in expansive, rocky or hydro collapsible soils. The foundation is created by placing...