expansion

espansione, ampliamento

Processo con cui qualcosa diventa più grande o occupa più spazio.

In inglese semplice: The process of becoming larger or covering more space.

• Heat causes the expansion of metal.
• The company plans further expansion overseas.
• Rapid urban expansion has destroyed many farms.

Come si usa: expansion of something (The expansion of the town has increased traffic.)

Sinonimi: growth, enlargement

Contrari: contraction

Espressioni comuni: rapid expansion, expansion of something, business expansion

espansione

Prodotto aggiuntivo che offre nuovi contenuti o funzioni per un gioco o altro prodotto che già possiedi.

In inglese semplice: An extra product that adds new content or features to something you already own.

• This expansion adds new characters.
• You need the original game to use the expansion.
• We bought two expansions for our favorite board game.

Sinonimi: add-on

Espressioni comuni: an expansion pack, a game expansion, buy an expansion

ampliamento, ala aggiuntiva

Nuova parte aggiunta a un edificio o a un’altra cosa già esistente.

In inglese semplice: A new part added to a building or other existing thing.

• The expansion includes six new rooms.
• Our office is in the new expansion.
• They opened the hospital expansion last spring.

Sinonimi: extension, addition

Espressioni comuni: a hospital expansion, a new expansion, the office expansion

forma estesa

Parole complete rappresentate da un nome abbreviato o da un gruppo di lettere.

In inglese semplice: The full words represented by a shortened name or group of letters.

• The expansion of BBC is British Broadcasting Corporation.
• The guide gives the expansion of each abbreviation.
• This acronym has two possible expansions.

Come si usa: expansion of something (The expansion of this abbreviation appears in the glossary.)

Sinonimi: full form

Espressioni comuni: acronym expansion, expansion of something, the full expansion

coefficiente di dilatazione termica

Numero che indica quanto si allunga un materiale per ogni grado di aumento della temperatura.

In inglese semplice: A number showing how much a material grows longer for each degree its temperature rises.

• The table gives the expansion of steel.
• Engineers compared the expansion of the two alloys.
• We used the expansion coefficient to calculate the final length.

Sinonimi: coefficient of thermal expansion

Espressioni comuni: thermal expansion, expansion coefficient, linear expansion