English-Portuguese translations for expansion

• expansão
  Quais são as perspectivas de expansão da zona euro? What are the prospects for Euro Zone expansion?
  A União Europeia devia controlar a expansão da China em África. The European Union should keep tabs on China's expansion in Africa.
  A expansão futura ocorrerá nesse sentido. Further expansion will take place in this direction.

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