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dilation

noun
/daɪˈleɪʃən/UK

Etymology

From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.

  1. derived from dīlātō
  2. derived from dīfferō
  3. borrowed from dīlātus
  4. inherited from dilaten
  5. suffixed as dilation — “dilate + ion”

Definitions

  1. The act of dilating.

  2. State of being dilated

    State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.

  3. Delay.

    • 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
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for…

      In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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