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expansivity

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ex⋅pan⋅siv⋅i⋅ty

  [ek-span-siv-i-tee]
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–noun
1. the quality or state of being expansive; expansiveness.
2. Physics. coefficient of expansion.
Origin:
1830–40; expansive + -ity

coefficient of expansion

 
–noun Physics.
the fractional change in length, area, or volume per unit change in temperature of a solid, liquid, or gas at a given constant pressure.
Also called expansivity.

Origin:
1870–75
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ex·pan·sive   (ĭk-spān'sĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand.

  2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers.

  3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive.

  4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle.

ex·pan'sive·ly adv., ex·pan'sive·ness, ex'pan·siv'i·ty (ěk'spān-sĭv'ĭ-tē) n.
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