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antiexpansion

adj

Etymology

From anti- + expansion.

  1. derived from expānsiō
  2. borrowed from expansion
  3. prefixed as antiexpansion — “anti + expansion”

Definitions

  1. Acting to prevent the expansion of a physical substance.

    • Although the amount of spatulation will not affect the final setting time of plaster mixes containing antiexpansion additives and retarders, excessive spatulation will reduce the available working time...

  2. Opposing expansion (as of a state or corporation).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antiexpansion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA