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What is the noun for expanse?

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expansion
  1. The act or process of expanding.
  2. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
  3. A new addition.
  4. A product to be used with a previous product.
  5. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
  6. (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Between 1890 and 1920, new developments enabled further expansion of the wheat industry.”
      “Several diseases may be treated by a local expansion of blood vessels.”
      “The property is located within a built-up area which does not permit any expansion to the building.”
expansivity
  1. expansiveness
  2. (mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
  3. Examples:
    1. “The comparatively high thermal expansivity of aluminium leads to looseness unless the steel has a similar coefficient of expansion.”
      “The local compression created by the electric field can be related to the expansivity modulus, K, by this expression.”
      “They provide resistance to frictional wear, corrosion resistance, nonmagnetic characteristics and, in some alloys, low thermal expansivity at ambient temperatures.”
expander
  1. One who expands; something that expands.
  2. (graphical user interface) A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Some energizing postures given at her workshop included the cobra, locust, and chest expander.”
      “Adjust the expander die to bell the mouth just enough to allow a bullet to start cleanly and case life will be extended considerably.”
      “Every audio channel has a compressor or expander, followed by a noise gate.”
expanse
  1. A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
  2. An amount of spread or stretch.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She leaned on the rail and looked over the large expanse of nature that continued as far as she could see.”
      “However to the West of the estate lies an expanse of waste ground and swampland which very nearly cost the life of a young boy from the estate.”
      “He and the receiver kept running along the dark expanse of the warehouse roof, making for the elevated tracks of the commuter rail.”
expandability
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being expandable
  2. (countable) The degree to which something is expandable
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It's certainly difficult to see the Cube appealing to mainstream consumers or professional buyers, thanks to its price and lack of expandability.”
      “Luckily it has four USB slots, which certainly compensate for its limited internal expandability.”
      “The case opens clamshell style, and there's plenty of room for expandability.”
expansionism
  1. The policy, of a nation, of expanding its territory or its economic influence.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The rise of nationalism in the country led to a resurgence of expansionism, as the government adopted an ambitious ideology of territorial expansion and dominance.”
      “Looking for Western cash, wider global influence, and reassurance about Nato expansionism, he could not have been more cooperative.”
      “The latter typically assessed the prospects for Communist expansionism in different regions of the world.”
expansibility
  1. The condition of being expansible
  2. Examples:
    1. “It provides valuable information on the volume change upon unfolding activation volumes, and thermal expansibility.”
      “Within capitalist societies, infinite expansibility and weightlessness lead to economic concentration.”
      “There are several substances, which possess qualities similar to ox-gall and many others which possess only its expansibility.”
expansiveness
  1. The state of being expansive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The expansiveness of the ocean mesmerized her as she gazed out into the vast horizon.”
      “Attendees at the music festival were captivated by the lead singer's vibrant performance, as he radiated an expansiveness that filled the entire crowd with contagious joy and unwavering excitement.”
      “Breathing in and out for an equal length of time is another way to experience expansiveness and balance.”
expandingness
  1. The quality of being expanding.
expandable
  1. Anything that can be expanded.
expansionist
  1. An advocate of expansionism.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The expansionist believed that territorial growth was vital for the nation's prosperity and dominance.”
expansure
  1. (obsolete) expanse
expandabilities
expansibilities
  1. plural of expansibility
expansivenesses
expansionisms
expansionists
  1. plural of expansionist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It has expansionists and monstrous designs, and this is the basic support of the new Indian government.”
      “After all, the expansionists might reasonably argue, Russia has lost far more of its GDP in other ways and has far less to show in return.”
      “We are being given no more choice about fighting violent expansionists than were the Franks and Spaniards of the 8th century or the Hungarians and Moldavians of the 16th.”
expansivities
  1. plural of expansivity
expandables
  1. plural of expandable
  2. Examples:
    1. “Mobile homes include doublewides, expandables, and single units.”
expansions
  1. plural of expansion
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  3. Examples:
    1. “No major renovations or expansions are planned for the former Indigo location, she said.”
      “The development project is part of the Campaign Waterloo initiative, which also is funding the expansions.”
      “In these papers a special role is played by expansions in terms of the eigenfunctions of linear differential operators.”
expanders
  1. plural of expander
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Dubbed mind expanders, these drugs are said to raise self-awareness and summon feelings of religious or mystical connection.”
      “There are some dairy farmers in South Lakeland that are expanding but we are beginning to think the expanders are not taking up the slack.”
      “Reconstructive techniques involve using autologous tissue grafts, tissue expanders, and implants or a combination of these.”
expanses
  1. plural of expanse
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Each canvas features the richly textured and subtly modulated expanses of color for which he is well known.”
      “In fact, what you'd mostly see would be the gulfs between the stars, the black expanses that serve as our windows on the rest of the universe.”
      “These fish live in the abyssal plains, flat expanses of the ocean floor at depths of 10,000 to 20,000 feet.”
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