EXPANSION

n. E2x-pa2n's hu3n. Lat., expansio (from expand ere, to spread out). Fr., e. Ger., E., Ausdehnung. A spreading out, increase of volume. Coefficient of e. Ger.. Ausdehnungskoefflzient. Sp., cocficiente de dilatacidn. The increase in length or volume of one of the equal parts of a substance when its temperature is raised one degree from zero, [a, 27.] E. fasci (Fr.). Of De Candolle, an unusual spreading of limbs or branches in certain plants. [B, 1 (a, 24).] E. pedonculaire (Fr.). The divergence of the pyramids in the medulla oblong at a. [a, 29.] Linear e. Ger., Li'ingenausdehnung. Elongation by e. [a, 27.] Musclee. Ger., Muskel-Ausdehnung. The degree to which a muscle is stretched by an attached weight. [K, 35.] EXPANSUS (Lat.\ adj. E2x-pa2n(pa3n)'su3s(su4s). Fr.,etendu. Ger., ausgedehnt. Stretched (said by Mirbel of the nectary when it is spread as a covering upon the top of the ovary). [B, 1 (a, 24).] [s. 787]