dilatableness (dior dilatablnes)

Capacity for dilatation; dilatability. Bailey, 1727. dilatancy (dior di-la'tan-si), n. [ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary dilatancy If evidence of dilatancy were to be obtained from tangible matter, it was to be sought on the most commonplace, and what had hitherto been the least interesting, form, that of hard, separate grains - corn, sand, shot, . O. Reynolds, Nature, XXXIII. 430. 1618 My heart dilated with unutterable happine . Goldsmith, Vicar, xxii. Lathrop , Spanish Vistas, p. 149. 2. To speak at length; dwell on particulars; ars; or with upon or on . His nostrils visibly dilate with pride. late: see dilate, v.] I. a. Dilating; relating to dilatancy, or to a substance po e ing this property. The most striking evidence of dilatancy is obtained from the fact that, since dilatant material cannot change change of volume all change of shape prevented. its shape without increasing in volume, by preventing O. Reynolds, Nature, XXXIII. 430. II. n. 1. A substance having the property of dilatancy.-2. In surg ., an instrument used to dilate, as a tent, a bougie, a sound, etc. dilatate (dior di-la'tat), a. [= Sp. Pg. dila tado = It. dilatato,