different between expansion vs fruition
expansion
English
Etymology
From French expansion, from Latin exp?nsi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?spæn??n/
- Hyphenation: ex?pan?sion
Noun
expansion (countable and uncountable, plural expansions)
- An act, process, or instance of expanding.
- The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
- A new addition.
- A product to be used with a previous product.
- That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
- 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel
- the starred expansion of the skies
- 1771, James Beattie, The Minstrel
- (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.
Antonyms
- (act of expanding): contraction, shrinkage
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin exp?nsi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k.sp??.sj??/
Noun
expansion f (plural expansions)
- expansion
Descendants
- ? German: Expansion
Further reading
- “expansion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin exp?nsi?, attested from 1776.
Noun
expansion c
- expansion
Declension
References
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fruition
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?u?.??.?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /f?u.???.?n/
- Hyphenation: fru?ition
- Rhymes: -???n
Etymology 1
From Latin fruiti? (“enjoyment”).
Noun
fruition (countable and uncountable, plural fruitions)
- The fulfillment of something worked for.
- The enjoyment derived from a possession.
Translations
Etymology 2
Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)
Noun
fruition (plural fruitions)
- The condition of bearing fruit.
Translations
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