Hypertext Webster Gateway: "expanded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Expand \Ex*pand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expanded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Expanding}.] [L. expandere, expansum; ex out + pandere to
spread out, to throw open; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf.
{Spawn}.]
1. To lay open by extending; to open wide; to spread out; to
diffuse; as, a flower expands its leaves.
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight.
--Milton.
2. To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or
stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of
substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to
distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to
{contract}; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all
bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence.
3. (Math.) To state in enlarged form; to develop; as, to
expand an equation. See {Expansion}, 5.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
expanded
adj 1: increased in extent or size or bulk or scope [ant: {contracted}]
2: of printers' type; wider than usual for a particular height
[syn: {extended}] [ant: {condensed}]
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