"dilation" meaning in English

See dilation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈleɪʃən/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dilation.wav [Southern-England] 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
    Sense id: en-dilation-en-noun-MS0j1oh2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 33 35 14
  2. State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: expansion, dilatation
    Sense id: en-dilation-en-noun-QgOZX4iI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 33 35 14
  3. (obsolete) Delay. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms: cunctation, hold-up, delay
    Sense id: en-dilation-en-noun-Bux6fU5Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 33 35 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 17 29 41 12
  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
    Sense id: en-dilation-en-noun-fskWBwZ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 33 35 14 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dilation and curettage, dilation and extraction, intact dilation and evacuation, intact dilation and extraction, time dilation Translations: dilatació [feminine] (Catalan), dilatation [feminine] (French), 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)

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