distensive

adj

distensive

adj
1

Distending, or capable of being distended; expanding or spreading out.

  • distensive paralysis
  • distensive opposition
2 more examples
  • distensive headache
  • —. distensive deformations in the Apennines and the Tyrrrhenian basin: behind the compressive front one may rapidly pass to distensive deformations.2013, F.-C. Wezel, The Origin of Arcs, page 313:

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