dilation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)
- The act of dilating.
- State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
- Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
- (obsolete) Delay.
- Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
- 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
- The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request
- (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of dilating — see also dilatation
state of being dilated — see also dilatation
delay — see delay
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
dilation f (plural dilations)
Further reading[edit]
- “dilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
dilation oblique singular, f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)
- dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)
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