0 the increase of something in size, number, or importance: --
1 an increase in the size, number, or importance of something: --
We have described difficulties associated with semantic query expansion.
To quantify the expansion property of this graph precisely, we need the following concept.
The homoclinic points, foliations, and so on, all have a precise meaning in this expansion.
We use a more precise version of the expansion (3.10c).
In what follows we seek more precise information on the edge expansion of random lifts.
The decline of fertility during the war contributed to the further expansion of the percentage of employed persons.
Running vertically down the centre of each door is an expansion slot between the two sides of the panel, producing a clear vertical stripe.
Intelligent life in cosmology expansion of the universe itself to slow down the rocket.