The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.

synonyms: distension, distention.

Roget 35: increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilatation etc. (expansion) 194; increment, accretion; accession etc. 37; development, growth; aggrandizement, aggravation; rise; ascent etc. 305; exaggeration exacerbation; spread etc. (dispersion) 73; flood tide; gain, produce, product, profit.    ... show more

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.    ... show more

The act of expanding an aperture.

synonym: dilation.

Dutch: verwijding