Definition of Expansions

1. Noun. (plural of expansion) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expansions

1. expansion [n] - See also: expansion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expansions

expansion bit
expansion bolt
expansion cleat
expansion joint
expansion pack
expansion packs
expansion slot
expansion slots
expansional
expansionary
expansionism
expansionisms
expansionist
expansionistic
expansionists
expansions (current term)
expansive
expansive bit
expansive delusion
expansive soil
expansively
expansiveness
expansivenesses
expansivities
expansivity
expansure
expat
expatiate
expatiated
expatiates

Literary usage of Expansions

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"... (1) On the expansions of the Theta functions in ascending powers of the argument. By JWL GLAISHER, MA, FRS The author laid before the Society certain ..."

2. Analytic Statistical Models by Ib M. Skovgaard (1990)
"For such transformations there are great technical difficulties in obtaining expansions beyond the first order results and therefore the expansions for the ..."

3. Cast Iron: A Record of Original Research by William John Keep (1902)
"This remark, and the difference between the expansions of ... Relation of these expansions to the Critical Points of Iron and Steel. ..."

4. State of the Art in Probability and Statistics: Festschrift for Willem R by Mathisca de Gunst, Chris Klaassen, A. W. van der Vaart (2001)
"Berry-Esseen bounds and Edgeworth expansions are discussed for R-, L- and [/-statistics ... As a final topic, empirical Edgeworth expansions are considered. ..."

5. The Geometric Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations and Algebraic Functions by Georges Valiron (1984)
"The series expansions of the solutions about the point aa 0 will be convergent for all finite a, but the calculation of the general term of these expansions ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1880)
"On Algebraical expansions, of which the fractional series for the cotangent and cosecant ... The expansions in question are:— 1 1 1 *(!»-. i3) (2s -x>) . ..."

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