dilation

About 1.50 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of dilating.
2. noun State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
3. noun Delay.
4. noun In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.

Similar words

dilatation enlargement expansion involuntary broadening distension widening extension magnification increase

Often followed by

of and is in or with may to for

Word family

dilations