| 1. | a person or thing that expands. |
| 2. | Also, ex⋅pan⋅dor. Electronics. a transducer that produces an output with a range of voltages greater than that of the input signal. Compare compressor (def. 5). |
ex·pand (ĭk-spānd') v. ex·pand·ed, ex·pand·ing, ex·pands v. tr.
[Middle English expanden, to spread out, from Latin expandere : ex-, ex- + pandere, to spread; see petə- in Indo-European roots.] ex·pand'a·ble adj., ex·pand'er n. |