dilation
nounUK, US /daɪˈleɪʃən/
Etymology From dilate + -ion, late 16th c.
1
The act of dilating.
2
State of being dilated; expansion; dilatation.
3
Obsolete 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 request1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
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Mathematics, Sciences In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊕) that usually uses a structuring element for probing and expanding the shapes contained in the input image.
- Derived terms
- arteriodilation, bronchodilation, dilational, dilation and curettage, dilation and extraction, hyperdilation, intact dilation and evacuation, intact dilation and extraction, nipple-dilation, overdilation, postdilation, redilation, time dilation, underdilation, vasodilation, venodilation