dilation
noun
1 dilation
A lengthy discussion (spoken or written) on a particular topic.
Roget 202:
breadth,
width,
latitude,
amplitude;
diameter,
bore,
caliber,
radius;
superficial extent
etc.
(space)
180.
thickness,
crassitude†;
corpulence
etc.
(size)
192;
dilation
etc.
(expansion)
194.
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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.
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2 dilation
The act of expanding an aperture:
— The dilation of the pupil of the eye.
synonym: dilatation.
Dutch: verwijding
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