— 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 ]