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expander

noun

Etymology

From expand + -er.

  1. derived from expandō — “to spread out”
  2. derived from espaundre
  3. formed as expander — “expand + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who or that which expands.

  2. A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together…

    A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.

  3. A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A kind of sparse graph with strong connectivity properties.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for expander. 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