overexpansion

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Definitions of overexpansion word

noun overexpansion the act or process of expanding. 1
noun overexpansion the state or quality of being expanded. 1
noun overexpansion the amount or degree of expanding. 1
noun overexpansion an expanded, dilated, or enlarged portion or form of a thing: The present article is an expansion of one he wrote last year. 1
noun overexpansion anything spread out; expanse. 1
noun overexpansion Mathematics. the development at length of an expression indicated in a contracted form, as a 2 + 2 ab + b 2 for the expression (a + b) 2 . any mathematical series that converges to a function for specified values in the domain of the function, as 1 + x + x 2 + … for 1/(1 − x) when x < 1. 1

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

1605-15; < Late Latin expānsiōn- (stem of expānsiō) a spreading out. See expanse, -ion

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

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