"dilation" meaning in English

See dilation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈleɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilation.wav Forms: dilations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From dilate + -ion, late 16th c. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{suffix|en|dilate|ion}} dilate + -ion, {{C.|16}} 16th c. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dilation (countable and uncountable, plural dilations)
  1. The act of dilating. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
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  3. (obsolete) Delay. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up, delay
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  4. (mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations: dilatació [feminine] (Catalan), dilatation [feminine] (French), dilatación [feminine] (Galician), tágítás (Hungarian), kitágítás (Hungarian), tágulás (english: process) (Hungarian), kitágulás (Hungarian), tágulat (english: result) (Hungarian), leathadh [masculine] (Irish), dilatação [feminine] (Portuguese), дилатация (dilatacija) (Russian), dilatación [feminine] (Spanish), dilatasyon (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "16"
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      "name": "C."
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          "text": "The wise queen, however she might seem to have a fair opportunity offered to her suit, finds it not good to apprehend it too suddenly; as desiring by this small dilation to prepare the ear and heart of the king for so important a request",
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        }
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        "Delay."
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        "(obsolete) Delay."
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          "word": "cunctation"
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          "word": "hold-up"
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        {
          "word": "delay"
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        "In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image."
      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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          "morphology",
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          "operation"
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          "image"
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        "(mathematics) In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "ipa": "/daɪˈleɪʃən/",
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        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatació"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatation"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatación"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "tágítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kitágítás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "leathadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dilatacija",
      "word": "дилатация"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "word": "dilatasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatación"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "process",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "tágulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "kitágulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "result",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "word": "tágulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dilatação"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dilation"
}

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