English-Dutch translations for expansion

• expansie
  De Europese Unie moet de expansie van China in Afrika goed blijven volgen. The European Union should keep tabs on China's expansion in Africa.
  Hij bevindt zich op Europees en mondiaal niveau zelfs in een fase van voortdurende expansie. In fact, it is even enjoying a phase of permanent expansion at European and global level.
  We moeten er alles aan doen om deze expansie te stoppen en te voorkomen dat onze tragische geschiedenis zich herhaalt. We must do all we can to stop expansion and prevent our tragic history from repeating itself.
• toeneming

Definition of expansion

• The act or process of expanding
• The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change
• A product to be used with a previous product
• That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface
• 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

Examples

• The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood
• My new office is in the expansion behind the main building
• This expansion requires the original game board

Related words

• expansions
• expansionist
• expansionism
• expansionistic
• macroexpansion
• expansion valve
• expansion cooling
• expansion turbine
• expansion card