Definition of Expansive

1. Adjective. Able or tending to expand or characterized by expansion. "The expansive force of fire"


2. Adjective. Of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope. "Heroic undertakings"
Exact synonyms: Grand, Heroic
Similar to: Impressive
Derivative terms: Expansiveness, Expansivity, Grandness

3. Adjective. Marked by exaggerated feelings of euphoria and delusions of grandeur.
Category relationships: Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Psychopathology
Similar to: Euphoric

4. Adjective. Friendly and open and willing to talk. "Wine made the guest expansive"
Exact synonyms: Talkative
Similar to: Communicative, Communicatory
Derivative terms: Expansiveness, Expansivity, Talk, Talkativeness

Definition of Expansive

1. a. 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.

Definition of Expansive

1. Adjective. Able to be expanded. ¹

2. Adjective. Comprehensive in scope or extent. ¹

3. Adjective. Talkative and sociable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expansive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansive

expansion bolt
expansion cleat
expansion joint
expansion pack
expansion packs
expansion slot
expansion slots
expansional
expansionary
expansionism
expansionisms
expansionist
expansionistic
expansionists
expansions
expansive (current term)
expansive bit
expansive delusion
expansive soil
expansively
expansiveness
expansivenesses
expansivities
expansivity
expansure
expat
expatiate
expatiated
expatiates
expatiating

Literary usage of Expansive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library Journal by Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter, American Library Association, Library Association (1899)
"SUITABILITY OF THE expansive CLASSIFICATION TO COLLEGE AND REFERENCE LIBRARIES. ... rP \VO things must be considered — the general fitness of the expansive ..."

2. Treatise on the Steam Engine by James Renwick (1839)
"—expansive force of steam, supposing the temperature to remain constant.—expansive force of steam of a given tension, and in a given engine^ on the same ..."

3. The Principles of Thermodynamics: With Special Applications to Hot-air, Gas by Robert Röntgen (1880)
"When we heat the air without allowing it to expand, its expansive force increases at the ... Let us now increase the expansive force in another way, viz., ..."

4. A manual of the steam engine and other prime movers by William John Macquorn Rankine (1888)
"Principal Application* of the I.HM* of the expansive Action •f Heat. ... The chief subjects to which the principles of the expansive action of heat are ..."

5. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy by Augustin Privat-Deschanel (1893)
"Modification of Slide-valve for expansive Working.—The cut- ting-off of the steam before the end of the stroke is usually effected by the contrivance ..."

6. Transactions and Proceedings of the Second International Library Conference (1898)
"THE expansive CLASSIFICATION. HERE is a system for classifying books on the shelf, ... From this adaptation to growth comes the name expansive. ..."

7. Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American Library by General Meeting, American Library Association (1899)
"Consider expansive best system ever devised." " The books seem to fit into the classes тегу easily." " The superiority of the scheme, especially in Science. ..."

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