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Synonyms for dilation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-ley-shuh n, di-
Phonetic Transcription : daɪˈleɪ ʃən, dɪ-

Définition of dilation

Origin :
  • 1590s, formed from dilate on the mistaken assumption that the -ate in that word was the Latin verbal suffix (it is instead part of the stem); the proper form, dilatation, is older (c.1400).
  • noun distention
Example sentences :
  • White is produced by the dilation, black by the contraction, of the particles of sight.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • The eyes of Ian surpassed those of Victor in the matter of dilation.
  • Extract from : « The Red Man's Revenge » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Thank Heaven, there is yet no dilation of the pupil; it is not too late!
  • Extract from : « The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales » by Bret Harte
  • During this operation they continue for a time to increase in size, in consequence of the dilation of the pent-up gas by the heat.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • It was a sort of dilation of unshed tears, and yet they were not wet.
  • Extract from : « Sir Tom » by Mrs. Oliphant
  • After all, the colony would be but "an extension or dilation of the realm of England."
  • Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
  • Even in the short moment of dilation the fluoros had given him a headache.
  • Extract from : « The Sensitive Man » by Poul William Anderson
  • A formidable condensation, awaiting the gigantic hour of dilation!
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • Systole and diastole, the contraction and dilation of the heart and arteries.
  • Extract from : « Essays » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • But the violet of her eyes was all but hidden by the dilation of her pupils.
  • Extract from : « Zuleika Dobson » by Max Beerbohm

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