Expansion may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
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L'Expansion
''L'Expansion'' was a French former monthly business magazine based in Paris, France, which existed between 1967 and 2017.
History and profile
''L'Expansion'' was founded by Jean-Louis Servan-Schreiber and Jean Boissonnat in 1967. In 1994 the m ...
'', a French monthly business magazine
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''Expansion'' (album), by American jazz pianist Dave Burrell, released in 2004
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''Expansions'' (McCoy Tyner album), 1970
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''Expansions'' (Lonnie Liston Smith album), 1975
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''Expansión'' (Mexico), a Mexican news portal linked to CNN
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Expansion (sculpture) (2004) Bronze sculpture illuminated from within
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''Expansión'' (Spanish newspaper), a Spanish economic daily newspaper published in Spain
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Expansion pack
An expansion pack, expansion set, supplement, or simply expansion, is an addition to an existing role-playing game, tabletop game, video game, collectible card game or Miniature wargaming, miniature wargame. An expansion may introduce new rules ...
in gaming, extra content for games, often simply "expansion"
Science, technology, and mathematics
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Expansion (geometry), stretching of geometric objects with flat sides
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Expansion (model theory), in mathematical logic, a mutual converse of a reduct
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Expansion card
In computing, an expansion card (also called an expansion board, adapter card, peripheral card or accessory card) is a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an electrical connector, or expansion slot (also referred to as a bus sl ...
, in computing, a printed circuit board that can be inserted into an expansion slot
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Expansion chamber, on a two-stroke engine, a tuned exhaust system that enhances power output
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Expansion joint
A expansion joint, or movement joint, is an assembly designed to hold parts together while safely absorbing temperature-induced expansion and contraction of building materials. They are commonly found between sections of buildings, bridges, s ...
, an assembly that absorbs heat-induced expansion and contraction of construction materials
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Joule–Thomson effect or Joule–Thomson expansion, the decrease in temperature of a gas when it expands
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Thermal expansion
Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).
Substances usually contract with decreasing temp ...
, the tendency of matter to change in shape, area, and volume in response to a change in temperature
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Expansion of the universe
The expansion of the universe is the increase in proper length, distance between Gravitational binding energy, gravitationally unbound parts of the observable universe with time. It is an intrinsic and extrinsic properties (philosophy), intrins ...
, the increase of the distance between two distant parts of the universe with time
Economics
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Expansion (economics), an increase in the market value of an economy over time
Sport
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Expansion team, a new team in a sports league
Other uses
* MV ''Expansion'', a former name of American cargo liner
See also
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Expansion chamber (disambiguation)
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Elasticity (disambiguation)
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Expansionism
Expansionism refers to states obtaining greater territory through military Imperialism, empire-building or colonialism.
In the classical age of conquest moral justification for territorial expansion at the direct expense of another established p ...
, a policy of enlarging territory or economic influence
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Stretching
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