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dilation

English

Etymology

From dilate +? -ion, late 16th c.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /da??le???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)

  1. The act of dilating.
  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
    Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
  3. (obsolete) Delay.
    Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
    • 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
  4. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ?) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Translations

Anagrams

  • dial into, dilatino, laid into

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?l?ti?.

Noun

dilation f (oblique plural dilations, nominative singular dilation, nominative plural dilations)

  1. dissemination; spreading (of rumors, stories, etc.)

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dilational

English

Etymology

dilation +? -al

Adjective

dilational (not comparable)

  1. Involving dilation (or compression)

Anagrams

  • Old Italian

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