All distension synonyms

noun distension

• continuation — The continuation of something is the fact that it continues, rather than stopping.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
• spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• postponement — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• saturation — the act or process of saturating.
• completeness — complete
• wholeness — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
• totality — something that is total or constitutes a total; the total amount; a whole.
• hike — to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
• rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
• boom — If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold.
• diffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
• distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
• amplification — the act or result of amplifying
• breadth — The breadth of something is the distance between its two sides.
• stretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
• swelling — the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
• space — the unlimited or incalculably great three-dimensional realm or expanse in which all material objects are located and all events occur.
• magnification — the act of magnifying or the state of being magnified.
• augmentation — the act of augmenting or the state of being augmented
• multiplication — the act or process of multiplying or the state of being multiplied.
• dilation — the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
• maturation — the act or process of maturating.
• purview — the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
• supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
• radius — a straight line extending from the center of a circle or sphere to the circumference or surface: The radius of a circle is half the diameter.
• arm — Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
• broadening — The act of becoming broader.
• span — the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
• addition — An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
• adjunct — Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task.
• branch — The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.
• scope — extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope.
• protraction — the act of protracting; prolongation; extension.
• annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
• reach — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
• appendix — Your appendix is a small closed tube inside your body which is attached to your digestive system.
• compass — A compass is an instrument that you use for finding directions. It has a dial and a magnetic needle that always points to the north.
• prolongation — the act of prolonging: the prolongation of a line.
• orbit — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
• appendage — An appendage is something that is joined to or connected with something larger or more important.
• addendum — An addendum is an additional section at the end of a book or document.
• wing — either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
• dilatation — a dilated formation or part.