Expansion Explained
Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Science, technology, and mathematics
- Expansion (geometry), stretching of geometric objects with flat sides
- Expansion (model theory), in mathematical logic, a mutual converse of a reduct
- Expansion card, in computing, a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot
- Expansion chamber, on a two-stroke engine, a tuned exhaust system that enhances power output
- Expansion joint, an assembly that absorbs heat-induced expansion and contraction of construction materials
- Joule–Thomson effect or Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands
- Thermal expansion, the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature
- Expansion of the universe, the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time
Economics
Sport
Other uses
- MV Expansion, a former name of American cargo liner
See also