Expansile

Expansile
Expansile Ex*pan"sile, a. Expansible. [1913 Webster]

Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. --Brande & C. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • expansile — [ek span′sil, ik span′sil] adj. 1. tending to expand 2. of or characteristic of expansion …   English World dictionary

  • expansile — /ik span sil, suyl/, adj. 1. capable of expanding; such as to expand. 2. pertaining to expansion. [1720 30; EXPANS(ION) + ILE] * * * …   Universalium

  • expansile — adjective a) expansionary, relating to expansion b) expandable, which can be expanded …   Wiktionary

  • expansile — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Capable of being extended or expanded: expansible, extendible, extensible, extensile, protractile, stretch, stretchable. See INCREASE …   English dictionary for students

  • expansile — adjective Physics relating to or capable of expansion …   English new terms dictionary

  • expansile — ex·pan·sile …   English syllables

  • expansile — /əkˈspænsaɪl/ (say uhk spansuyl), /ɛk / (say ek ) adjective 1. capable of expanding; such as to expand. 2. relating to expansion …  

  • expansile — adj. 1 of expansion. 2 capable of expansion …   Useful english dictionary

  • expansile pulsation — a pulsation that expands with each beat of the pulse; it reflects an increase in volume of a mass, usually an aneurysm …   Medical dictionary

  • Anaplasia — Hyperplasia, Hypertrophy, Carcinoma, SarcomaHyperplasia: an increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue, which usually leads to an increase in the size of the tissue or organHypertrophy: an increase in the size of cells, leading to an… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”