EXPANDED


Meaning of EXPANDED in English

— expandedness , n.

/ik span"did/ , adj.

1. increased in area, bulk, or volume; enlarged: an expanded version of a story.

2. spread out; extended: the expanded frontiers of the Roman Empire.

3. Also, extended . Print. (of type) wider in proportion to its height. Cf. condensed (def. 4).

[ 1400-50; late ME; see EXPAND, -ED 2 ]

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