Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dilatation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dilatation \Dil`a*ta"tion\, n. [OE. dilatacioun, F. dilatation,
L. dilatatio, fr. dilatare. See {Dilate}, and cf. 2d
{Dilation}.]
1. Prolixity; diffuse discourse. [Obs.] ``What needeth
greater dilatation?'' --Chaucer.
2. The act of dilating; expansion; an enlarging on al? sides;
the state of being dilated; dilation.
3. (Anat.) A dilation or enlargement of a canal or other
organ.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dilatation
n 1: the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn:
{distension}]
2: the act of expanding an aperture; "the dilation of the pupil
of the eye" [syn: {dilation}]
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