EXPANSION
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expansion is worth 18 points in the game of Scrabble
Definitions for the word, expansion
(n.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions; esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.
(n.) Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure space.
(n.) That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was formed of metal.
(n.) The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.
(n.) The developed result of an indicated operation; as, the expansion of (a + b)2 is a2 + 2ab + b2.
(n.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction.
(n.) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving piston.