ex·pan·sive ( k-sp n sv)adj. 1. Capable of expanding or tending to expand. 2. Broad in size or extent; comprehensive: expansive police powers. 3. Open and communicative; talkative or effusive: Wine made the guest expansive. 4. Grand in scale: an expansive lifestyle. ex·pan sive·ly adv.ex·pan sive·ness, ex pan·sivi·ty ( kspn-sv-t ) n. |
expansivity [ˌɛkspænˈsɪvɪtɪ]
n
1. the quality of being expansive
2. (Physics / General Physics) another name for coefficient of expansion
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| Noun | 1. | expansivity - the fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressure coefficient - a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic |
| 2. | expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed" impressiveness, magnificence, grandness, richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" | |
| 3. | expansivity - a friendly open trait of a talkative person communicativeness - the trait of being communicative |
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