The act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.

synoniem: enlargement.

Roget 549: exaggeration; expansion etc. 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura^†; extravagance etc. (nonsense) 497; Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry [Slang].    storm in a teacup; much ado about nothing etc. (overestimation) 482; puff, puffery etc. (boasting) 884; rant etc. (turgescence) 577^†.    figure of speech, facon de parler [Fr.]; stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination; flight of fancy etc. (imagination) 515.    false coloring etc. (falsehood) 544; aggravation etc. 835.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 322: rarity, tenuity; absence of solidity etc. 321; subtility^†; subtilty^†, subtlety; sponginess, compressibility.    rarefaction, expansion, dilatation, inflation, subtilization^†.    vaporization, evaporation, diffusion, gassification^†.    ether etc. (gas) 334.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 180: space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace; room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread.    dimension, length etc. 200; distance etc. 196; size etc. 192; volume; hypervolume.    latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver.    spare room, elbow room, house room; stowage, roomage^†, margin; opening, sphere, arena.    open space, free space; void etc. (absence) 187; waste; wildness, wilderness; moor, moorland; campagna^†.    abyss etc. (interval) 198; unlimited space; infinity etc. 105; world; ubiquity etc. (presence) 186; length and breadth of the land.    proportions, acreage; acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles; square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing) &c.; ares, arpents^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 21: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.    image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype^†, photo offset, electrotype; imitation etc. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait etc. (representation) 554; resemblance.    duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion [Brit.], reflection; shadow, echo.    transcript [copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording, scan.    chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe [Fr.]; apograph^†, fair copy.    parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie^†, paraphrase.    [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition etc. (repetition) 104.    servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake etc. (deception) 545; pasticcio^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 194: expansion; increase of size etc. 35; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation^†; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence^†, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion^†; obesity etc. (size) 192; hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus [Med.]; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation^†.    dilatability, expansibility.    germination, growth, upgrowth^†; accretion etc. 35; budding, gemmation^†.    overgrowth, overdistension^†; hypertrophy, tympany^†.    bulb etc. (convexity) 250; plumper; superiority of size.    [expansion of the universe] big bang; Hubble constant.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ontwikkeling, verruiming, uitzetting, uitdijing, toename, groei, expansie, extensie, proliferatie, uitbreiding, uitstraling, vergroting ... meer laten zien
Pools: powiększenie

A function expressed as a sum or product of terms.

A discussion that provides additional information.

synoniemen: elaboration, enlargement.

Adding information or detail.

synoniem: expanding upon.

Nederlands: expansie