Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
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L'Expansion'', a French monthly business magazine
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''Expansion'' (album), by American jazz pianist Dave Burrell, released in 2004
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''Expansions'' (McCoy Tyner album), 1970
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''Expansions'' (Lonnie Liston Smith album), 1975
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''Expansión'' (Mexico), a Mexican news portal linked to CNN
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Expansion (sculpture) (2004) Bronze sculpture illuminated from within
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''Expansión'' (Spanish newspaper), a Spanish economic daily newspaper published in Spain
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Expansion pack in gaming, extra content for games, often simply "expansion"
Science, technology, and mathematics
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Expansion (geometry), stretching of geometric objects with flat sides
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Expansion (model theory), in mathematical logic, a mutual converse of a reduct
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Expansion card, in computing, a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot
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Expansion chamber
On a two-stroke engine, an expansion chamber or tuned pipe is a tuned exhaust system used to enhance its power output by improving its volumetric efficiency.
History
Expansion chambers were invented and successfully manufactured by Limbach, a ...
, on a two-stroke engine, a tuned exhaust system that enhances power output
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Expansion joint, an assembly that absorbs heat-induced expansion and contraction of construction materials
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Joule–Thomson effect
In thermodynamics, the Joule–Thomson effect (also known as the Joule–Kelvin effect or Kelvin–Joule effect) describes the temperature change of a ''real'' gas or liquid (as differentiated from an ideal gas) when it is forced through a valv ...
or Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands
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Thermal expansion, the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature
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Expansion of the universe
The expansion of the universe is the increase in distance between any two given gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. It is an intrinsic expansion whereby the scale of space itself changes. The universe does not exp ...
, the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time
Economics
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Expansion (economics), an increase in the market value of an economy over time
Sport
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Expansion team
An expansion team is a new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area. Sporting leagues also ...
, a new team in a sports league
Other uses
* MV ''Expansion'', a former name of American cargo liner
See also
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Expansion chamber (disambiguation)
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Elasticity (disambiguation)
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Expansionism
Expansionism refers to states obtaining greater territory through military empire-building or colonialism.
In the classical age of conquest moral justification for territorial expansion at the direct expense of another established polity (who of ...
, a policy of enlarging territory or economic influence
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Stretching
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