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A thermometer filled with water instead of mercury, for ascertaining the precise temperature at which water attains its maximum density. This is about 39¡ Fahr., or 4¡ Centigrade; and from that point down to 32¡ Fahr., or 0¡ Centigrade, or the freezing point, it expands.
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v. i.
To open; to expand; to become disclosed or developed.
imp. & p. p.
of Expand
v. t.
To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
v. t.
To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to expand an equation. See Expansion, 5.
n.
Anything which causes expansion esp. (Mech.) a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
v. t.
To open the folds of; to expand; to spread out; as, to unfold a tablecloth.
v. t. & i.
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
v. i.
To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy.
a.
Expanding into a flat, circular border at top, with scarcely any tube; as, a wheel-shaped corolla.
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Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
v. t.
To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
n.
A fruit bat, especially the large species (Pieropus vulgaris) inhabiting the islands of the Indian ocean. It measures about a yard across the expanded wings.
v. t.
To expand, as a sheet.
n.
Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
v. t.
A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf.
a.
Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a tubulose flower.
n.
A tubular cone for expanding a flue; -- called ferrule in England.
a.
That expands, or may be expanded; extending; spreading; enlarging.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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