- An act, process, or instance of expanding
The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.
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- The act of becoming broader
- The act of diffusing or dispersing something, or the property of being diffused or dispersed; dispersion
gaseous diffusion
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- The state of being dispersed
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- The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering ...
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- (uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, repro...
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- (transitive) To stretch out, open out (a material etc.) so that it more fully covers a given area of space
He spread his newspaper on the table.
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- The act by which something is spread
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- The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread
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- haphazard growth
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- physical process
There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.