Word

expansion, n.
(expansions)
freq. cnt. 10

the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2

enlargement expansion

lexical pointers

antonym

contraction

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enlarge

semantic pointers

hypernym

increase, step-up

hyponym

dilation, dilatation distension, distention stretching inflation magnification extension

adding information or detail
<noun.act>

expanding upon expansion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expand

semantic pointers

hypernym

increase, step-up

hyponym

elaboration, amplification annotation, annotating supplementation, subjunction, subjoining

a discussion that provides additional information
<noun.communication>

elaboration enlargement expansion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

expand

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enlarge

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

elaborate

semantic pointers

hypernym

discussion, treatment, discourse

hyponym

expatiation embellishment, embroidery

a function expressed as a sum or product of terms
<noun.relation>

expansion

sample sentences

"the expansion of (a+b)^2 is a^2 + 2ab + b^2"

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

mathematics, math, maths

hypernym

function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping