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Definition of Expanding
1. a. That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.
Definition of Expanding
1. Verb. (present participle of expand) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expanding
1. expand [v] - See also: expand
Medical Definition of Expanding
1. That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging. Expanding bit, Expanding drill, a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expanding
Literary usage of Expanding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Outlook 114:247-8 О 4 '16 Chemistry and preparedness. LH Baekeland. il World's
Work 32:499-512 S '16 expanding relations of chemistry in America. ..."
2. Philosophical Magazine (1805)
"Des<ription of a Screw Press u.ith an expanding Power. By Mr. WILLIAM BOWLER, of
Finsbury- Street*. SIR, JL HE screw- and spring-press which I have the ..."
3. The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907: Accompanied by by James Brown Scott (1918)
"Abstention from use of expanding bullets. Powers bound. Exemption. Ratification.
Deposit at The Hague. Notifi cation to Powers. Adhesion. ..."
4. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederic Remsen Hutton (1908)
"Numerical Values of Pressure and Work of expanding Steam. It will be of interest
and service to obtain quantitative expressions for the elements which enter ..."
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